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Prices for petroleum futures Brent and Light Sweet have fallen since the beginning of the day more than $ 1 per barrel. As of 15:40 Moscow time the price of oil futures transactions were ($ / bbl.): - Light, Sweet Crude Oil (September) - 773.28 (-1.15) with a range of quotations 73,24-74,60; - IPE Brent Crude (October) - 74.29 (-1.01) in the range of quotations 74,17-75,77.
Negative dynamics in the prices of the deals from the completion marked the beginning of the trading day technical buying oil futures, caused a noticeable strengthening of the positions of the U.S. dollar in international currency market FOREX and the situation on the stock market.
Dollar since the beginning of the day grew markedly against the euro and other major world currencies. Today, an indicator of the market FOREX, reflecting changes in U.S. dollar concerning "basket" of six leading world currencies, Dollar Index (spot) has increased since the beginning of the day by about 0.8% and exceeded the value of 82.5 points.
In Europe, the market shares of leading stock indexes are now falling, which further contributes to the elimination of long positions on oil futures. It is expected that in the U.S. trades in the stock market opens lower major stock indexes, as evidenced by the dynamics of futures on stock indicators. On the mood of investors around the world continues to pressure macroeconomic statistics, published by the Department of Labor yesterday.
Quotations Light Sweet declined since the beginning of the day was more significant than quotes Brent. This is because today the upcoming end of contract period to September futures for Light Sweet and shift of the speculative interest on deals on contracts with delivery in October.