CME/Nymex March crude inched down 16￠ to close at $86.20/bbl.

摘要

Oil prices regressed nominally today at the end of trading after climbing to an intraday high of $87.88 per barrel as demonstrations and protests in Bahrain and Libya triggered concerns that supplies from the Middle East will be curtailed. Twenty people were reported dead amid fighting and protests in Libya. Another catalyst underpinning oil prices was Egypt's approval of a request from Iran to send two Syria-bound naval ships through the Suez Canal, an initiative that Israel is deeming a "provocation."