02 Nov 2010
Crude Oil Prices Rise to Highest Level
Tuesday, 2/11/2010 6:46:37 PM
Oil prices rose 1.9% while the Federation of Logistics and Purchasing China announced the country's purchase index rose to 54.7 in October from 53.8. The Fed probably will come back to buy the assets, known as quantitative easing, after a meeting today and the 3rd of November. An industry report showed that
"The combination of strong Chinese data and the possibility of quantitative easing this week pushed the market makers more excited," said Phil Flynn, vice president of research at PFGBest in
Benchmark crude for December delivery rose U.S. $ 1.52 to U.S. $ 82.95 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, its highest level for this contract since October 18. Oil prices have gone up 7.7% from a year ago.
Brent oil price for December delivery closed increased to U.S. $ 1.47 or 1.8% to U.S. $ 84.62 per barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange based in
Factory Index Institute for Supply Management rose to 56.9 in October from 54.4 the previous month, according to the group based in
By : The Fed
Source : Bisnis.com
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