Sunday, July 29, 2007

Crude Oil Falls From One-Year High as Sliding Equities Weigh on Confidence

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell from a one-year high
in New York as sliding world equity markets weighed on investor
confidence.

A two-day slump on world equity markets pushed the Standard
& Poor's 500 index to its lowest in 3 1/2 months and knocked
$2.1 trillion off the value of global shares last week. Oil
climbed to within 1 cent of a record close on July 27 after a
report showed the U.S. economy, the world's biggest consumer,
expanded by 3.4 percent in the second quarter.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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