NYMEX April crude futures drop by $2.48/b

摘要

New York—NYMEX April crude futures settled$2.48 lower at $105.61/b March 20, fallingon Saudi Arabian supply assurances and con-cerns that slowing industrial demand in Chinacould affect global energy demand.April heating oil settled 2.46 cents lowerat $3.2367/gal, and April RBOB fell 47 pointsto $3.3631/gal.ICE May Brent settled $1.59 lower at$124.12/b after dipping to a session low of$123.20/b.Oil futures fell in choppy trade ahead of apress briefing by Saudi oil minister Ali Naimiin Doha about the kingdom’s productioncapacity, then by afternoon trade NYMEX Aprilcrude posted a session low of $105.35/b onthe contract’s day of expiration.