New York: International oil prices at the end of trading Thursday changed in different directions on a background of statistical data on unemployment in the United States.
March futures price for North Sea petroleum mix of mark Brent Crude Oil to the end of trading on the London Stock Exchange rose $ 0.51 – up to 117.24 dollars per barrel.
March futures price for North Sea petroleum mix of mark Brent Crude Oil to the end of trading on the London Stock Exchange rose $ 0.51 – up to 117.24 dollars per barrel.
March futures price for WTI light crude oil on the New York Stock Exchange fell by 0.79 dollars – to 95.83 dollars per barrel.
The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ending February 3, 5000 decreased by 366,000 and totaled. The number of initial claims for the week ended Jan. 27 was revised upward – up to 371 thousand from 368 thousand. The data was worse than analysts’ forecasts, estimates the number of applications for the period decreased by 8,000 from the previous figure neperesmotrennogo – up to 360 thousand.
