Crude Prices Dn 2 Days Running
The prices for WTI, September delivery, shed 1.2 percent to $75.57/bbl on NYMEX. September contract for Brent lost a percent to $76.86/bbl on ICE, analysts of K2kapital reported. The prices for crude are going down for two trading days running, affected, perhaps, by OPEC statement about the adverse effect of high crude cost on the global economy.
At the same time, Russia’s stock benchmarks hit their records again. RTS index soared 1.03 percent to 2091.26 on classic market turnover of $42.83 million. Of blue chips, Sberbank, RAO UES of Russia and Tatneft gained more than 2 percent. Amid the branch indexes, Oil & Gas index manifested the healthiest performance by its 0.93-percent advance. MICEX widened 0.88 percent to 1,807.28.
As to the U.S. stock exchanges, they showed the healthy adjustment vs. the previous trading. Dow Jones, for instance, went up 0.67 percent to 13,943.42; S&P 500 increased 0.49 percent to 1,541.57; Nasdaq gained 0.11 percent to 2,690.58. Western Europe didn’t stand still either. Britain’s FTSE 100 stepped up 0.59 percent to 6,624.4; German DAX added 0.87 percent to 7,944.21; French CAC-40 grew 0.87 percent to 6,009.16.
In Russia, the official rate of exchange is 25.3853 ruble/US dollar starting from July 24, i.e. the U.S. currency lost 2.91 kopeks vs. the previous indicator, having sunk below 25.4 rubles first time from 1999. As to the European currency, the exchange rate is 35.1079 ruble/euro, 3.09 kopeks up vs. the previous amount.
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