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Oil near $85 as Europe offers Greece bailout

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Monday, 12 April 2010 12:17

The price of oil stuck near 85 dollars a barrel on Monday in volatile trading in the markets and to support the weight of financial contributions to the Heavily Indebted Greece against persistent doubts about the strength of U.S. demand for crude oil.

By afternoon in Europe, the benchmark crude oil delivery in May up 3 cents to 84.95 dollars a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier in the session it rose up 85.71 dollars a barrel.

On Friday, the contract lost 47 cents to settle at 84.92.

It was agreed that finance ministers of 15 countries in the euro area Sunday to provide 30 billion euros (40 billion dollars) in loans to Greece this year if required Athens to get the money.

It was a promise - to fill the details of a joint undertaking March 25 the International Monetary Fund to help the euro area - the latest attempt to calm the markets, bonds were sold in Greek.

Oil had declined over the past three days, the concerns of investors from the United States is recovering slowly demand for crude oil does not justify further gains. Crude jumped 25 percent to 87 dollars last week from 69 dollars in early February.

For months, and oil and the dollar moved in opposite directions - the weak dollar, pushing crude higher by making it cheaper for investors holding other currencies. In contrast, oil moved in the direction of the same year stocks.

Analysts, however, said two of those relationships may be weak.

"If oil markets continues to take cues from the supply and demand - in preference shares or the dollar and economic data - we can not draw a picture, which includes high prices," said Cameron Hanover in a report.

The higher gasoline inventories also weighed on the market.

"While gasoline inventories and closer to the levels of last year and the year before, the problem with gasoline is that it is near its highest level in 17 years, and it represents the best hope for the bulls," said Cameron Hanover.

In other Nymex trading contracts in May, adding fuel heating 0.94 percent to 2.2353 dollars per gallon, and gasoline rose 0.99 cent 2.2992 dollars per gallon. And natural gas rose 3.5 cents to 4.105 per 1,000 cubic feet.

The price of Brent crude in London, up 37 cents to 85.20 on the ICE Futures exchange.

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