Oil Prices Finish 2005 Above 61 Dollars in New York
Posted on: Saturday, 31 December 2005, 09:00 CST
Oil prices finish 2005 above 61 dollars in New York NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Oil futures settled above 61 dollars a barrel Friday and finished 40 percent higher than they started in 2005.
Light sweet crude for February delivery rose 72 cents to settle at 61.04 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, which closed at 1 p.m. (1800 GMT) in a shortened session ahead of the New Year's holiday weekend.
Nymex trading will resume Jan. 3.
Natural gas futures climbed 4.7 cents to 11.27 dollars a day after the Energy Department said domestic storage of natural gas stood at 2.64 trillion cubic feet on Dec. 23. That is 8 percent below year-ago levels and 1 percent above the five-year average for this time of year.
Heating oil futures rose 2.51 cents to 1.728 dollars a gallon, while gasoline futures gained 5.76 cents to 1.71 dollars a gallon.
On the ICE Futures exchange in London, Brent crude rose 90 cents to settle at 58.97 dollars a barrel.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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