World prices for “black gold” on Thursday morning resumed their fall in electronic trading on the London and new York stock exchanges.
Futures for oil Brent with delivery in June on London’s ICE Futures exchange fell 0.58% to $46,93 per barrel. June futures for light oil WTI on the new York Mercantile exchange (NYMEX) dipped 0.33% to $45,18 per barrel, reports “Газета.Ru”.
Oil prices, having reached on Wednesday to close new 5-month highs, continue to hold at high levels on the background of published data on a further reduction of oil production in the United States, notes “Interfax”.
According to the Energy Information Administration, production in the US fell last week by 15 thousand barrels a day to 8.94 million
In addition, the us Central Bank (fed) at the two-day meeting removed from its statement the phrase about the negative influence of global economic factors on market conditions in the United States. This was also a positive signal for market participants.
