Crude oil futures rise ahead of long layoff
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Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.
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Crude futures for September delivery traded in New York rose today to $49.40 a barrel, up 70 cents.
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Crude oil futures rose in New York after unions in Nigeria, the fifth-biggest supplier to the US, called a strike this month to disrupt the country&#39;s oil exports.
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Stock index futures pointed to a higher start to the year on Wednesday, bouncing back from the previous session's weak close and as oil prices above $97 a barrel could boost the energy sector.
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Crude oil futures remained high Thursday as traders concerned that US heating oil supplies might be insufficient to meet winter demand.
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Crude oil futures prices climbed yesterday on the back of a rally in heating oil after the US government said the nation's supply of distillate fuel declined for the ninth consecutive week.
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Crude oil futures rose more than $1 a barrel yesterday after the government reported that the nation's supply of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil, shrank for the eighth consecutive week.
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Crude oil prices began their week higher after oil workers in Nigeria announced over the weekend they will launch an indefinite general strike later this month.
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Crude oil futures in New York, after passing US$49 a barrel, may rise further next week on increasing concern that shipments will be curtailed just as demand accelerates, a Bloomberg survey of traders and analysts showed.
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Crude futures bounced higher Tuesday following a six per cent drop the day before as forecasts for warmer weather in the US eased worries about tight supplies of winter fuel.
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Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday ahead of weekly U.S. inventory data expected to show a fall in crude stockpiles but rising product tanks.
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Crude oil futures were up to $93.53 a barrel at the close of exchange trading today, up $1.67 from Friday.
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U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday   before economic data on durable goods and new home sales, with   investors eyeing the Dow Jones industrial average as it nears   its all-time record.
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Crude oil futures may rise next week as temperatures plunge in the US and Europe, boosting demand for heating oil, and refiners stock up before OPEC&#39;s planned production cut, a Bloomberg survey of traders and analysts shows.
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Crude oil prices rose for the third straight day Friday, hovering near $55 a barrel as heating oil futures hit another record high over supply concerns ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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US crude oil futures climbed towards $46 a barrel Monday after Russia&#39;s Yukos suspended some oil exports to China and traders remained concerned about storm-related supply disruptions into the United States.
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Crude oil futures moved upward past US$47 Tuesday, reflecting concern about tight distillate supplies despite expectations that a winter supply crisis will be averted.