The crude oil prices recorded a decline over the past day, which is mainly due to recent disappointing data on the state of American consumers. To contribute to the pressure and expectations for growth of new oil reserves in the U.S. As part of yesterday’s trading session in New York oil contracts with delivery in October dropped by 0.6 percent to 74.70 dollars a barrel. This morning, the raw material gave a further 70 cents to $ 74 a barrel. Since the beginning of the month the price of oil fell 6.3 percent, although last week there has been a growth of 2.3 per cent. Since the beginning of the year did the black gold has lost 6.8 percent of the price. Fall in oil prices yesterday came because of evidence that Americans’ incomes rose by 0.2 percent last month. This was below market expectations for growth of 0.3 per cent and cause negative feelings. The price of Brent crude oil dropped to the minimum 5 cents to 76.60 dollars a barrel.
Read the full story