Thursday, August 21, 2008

CRUDE UPDATE

CRUDE UPDATE AT 5 PM ON 21 AUGUST

NYMEX CRUDE OIL BREACHED INITIAL RESISTANCE $ 117.6

IF PRICES SETTLED ABOVE THESE LEVELS IT MAY MOVE UP TO $ 120 .

MCX CRUDE OIL RESISTANCE RS.5185.

MARKET SUMMARY

MARKET SUMMARY FOR 20 AUGUST, 2008

Oil raced above $116 a barrel on Thursday, a third straight day of gains, on supply


concerns after Russia expressed its displeasure over a U.S.-Poland defense pact.

U.S. crude futures gained 80 cents to $116.36 a barrel by 0709 GMT, while London

Brent crude climbed 65 cents to $115.01.

Oil prices are down more than 20 percent from peaks hit in mid-July on worries

over slowing global demand, but they remain up about 15 percent this year in a

multi-year rally driven by Asian economic growth.