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Oil below $101 amid mixed demand signs
PABLO GORONDI
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 05 - 2011

NEW YORK: Oil prices slipped below $101 a barrel Thursday as a weaker dollar failed to fully compensate for mixed signs over U.S. crude demand heading into the summer driving season.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was down 61 cents to $100.71 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract added $1.73 to settle at $101.32 Wednesday.
In London, Brent crude for July delivery was down 55 cents at $114.38 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
The Energy Department said Wednesday that oil and gasoline supplies in the US grew last week while distillate inventories fell. Four-week average oil demand in the US dropped 5.3 percent, while gasoline demand fell 2.1 percent, the department said.
“Our biggest concern here is that economic data is poor,” Cameron Hanover said in a report. The euro rose to $1.4168 Thursday from $1.4083 late Wednesday while the dollar fell to 81.93 yen from 82.04 yen. A weaker US currency makes dollar-based commodities such as oil cheaper for investors with other currencies and usually boosts prices.
On Thursday, however, concerns about the pace of economic growth around the world seemed to cancel out the bullish exchange rate developments. “The uncertain global economic conditions continue to cause further nervous conditions to the oil market, following weaker oil demand from China and Japan, mixed US economic data and persistent worries about the eurozone's debt problems,” said an energy report from Sucden Financial in London. Some analysts expect a growing global economy will help boost crude demand. Citigroup said it sees global gross domestic product expanding as much as 4 percent this year and next, led by developing countries.
“The ongoing global recovery with strong emerging market growth and a weak US dollar are likely to continue supporting commodity prices over the medium and long term,” said Citigroup, which expects oil to rise to $110 during the next six to 12 months. In other Nymex trading in June contracts, heating oil fell 0.36 cent to $2.9767 a gallon and gasoline lost 0.38 cent to $3.02 a gallon. Natural gas futures gained 0.5 cent to $4.384 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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