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Nymex crude oil prices declined to close at $75.42/bbl on

August 19, 2010, Thursday, 17:49 GMT | 12:49 EST | 22:19 IST | 00:49 SGT
Contributed by Angel Broking


By Mr. Naveen Mathur, Reena Walia Nair (Angel Broking)

 

MARKET RECAP


Crude oil prices declined around 0.4% on the Nymex to close at $75.42/bbl on Wednesday. Crude oil prices hit an intra-day high of $75.74/bbl yesterday. On the MCX platform, it declined around 0.8% yesterday on the back of appreciation in the Indian Rupee, further exerting pressure on the commodity prices on the Indian bourses.

 


OUTLOOK


Crude oil prices will take cues from the movement in the US dollar index (DX). The weakness in the DX will help the commodity prices to gain.


Natural gas prices will take cues from the inventory data to be released today. Markets are expecting the inventories to increase by 32 billion cubic feet.