Oil is high and sudden hits new record in New York

The price of oil has risen súbida of U.S. $ 5 this Monday (16) and reached the record price of $ 139.89 a barrel in the negotiations of the New York Merchantile Exhange (Nymex).



After reaching a new record, a barrel of oil of the type WTI retrocedia and was quoted at U.S. $ 138.60 in high of $ 3.74 compared with the closing of Friday.

The barrel of oil Brent North Sea for delivery in August also hit a historic mark, to $ 139.32 in the second. Later, it fell to $ 138.21 in high of $ 3.10 compared with the closing of Friday.
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The last record price of oil had been reached on 6 this month, when a barrel was the highest high of history in a single floor and reached a value of $ 138.54.



The surge came after a top floor of calm, where the price of the commodity deteriorated after the information that Saudi Arabia would be prepared to increase its production.


Pregão of Friday

On Friday, the price of a barrel of oil closed lower, in the midst of a recovery in the dollar.

At the Nymex, a barrel for delivery in July closed the floor to $ 134.86, with a low of $ 1.88 on Thursday (12). In London, a barrel for delivery in July (last day of quotation) sold U.S. $ 1.84, closing at $ 134.25.

"The dollar remains an important factor for the market, and there is no doubt that a strong dollar pressing prices," explained Eric Wittenauer, analyst at Wachovia Securities consultancy.