NYMEX energies slide as Dean avoids US

摘要

New York-Concerns over turbulent financial markets receded August 20 as hurricane news battered energy markets on the New York Mercantile Exchange.NYMEX September crude futures fell 1.88/barrel to 70.10/b on news that Hurricane Dean would veer away from Oil and gas infrastructure in the US Gulf of Mexico,but recovered some losses to settle 0.86/b lower at 71.12/b on news of Mexican oil shut-ins.