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Our Oil shorts finally triggered @ 54.70. short oil here.
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DJ OIL FUTURES: Crude In NY,Brent In London Hit Record Highs
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Crude oil futures in New York and Brent blend crude futures in London both soared to fresh record highs Friday, as supply concerns drove a scorching products rally.
Increased interest in the crude and refined products from hedge funds
supported the move higher, as traders bet oil prices would keep climbing toward $60 a barrel, market participants said.
Benchmark light, sweet crude oil futures for July rose as much as $2.02 to $58.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, topping the April 4 record high of $58.28.
Crude's back months traded at a hefty premium to July, with the December
contract hitting the highest price ever registered on a Nymex oil contract at
$60.40 a barrel, reflecting increased supply worries later this year.
In London, Brent crude for August rose $1.70 to $57.92 a barrel on the
International Petroleum Exchange, surpassing the record high of $57.57, also from April 4.
The rally in Nymex gasoline prices gained momentum Friday, extending last session's gains to push the July contract as high as $1.6500 a gallon, up 5.22 cents.
Nymex heating oil futures for the same month rose as much as 3.05 cents to $1.6560 a gallon. IPE heating oil futures for July settled at $529 a metric ton, up $15.25.
Oil prices have gained more than $5 a barrel this week, pushed up by rallying
gasoline and heating oil prices. U.S. gasoline inventories, while adequate,
have fallen in the past two weeks, while distillate stocks, which include
heating oil and diesel fuel, remain at below-average levels.
- By Leah McGrath Goodman, Dow Jones Newswires; 1-201-938-2062;
Leah.Goodman@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
06-17-05 1448ET