Friday, February 25, 2011

A liter of gasoline and costs EUR 1.285, new record

London / Madrid (Editorial / Agencies) .- The price of petrol has matched up this week marking the January 20, selling an average of 1.285 euros per liter, while diesel prices increased by 1% in a context of growing political tension in Libya, which has boosted oil prices. At these prices, fill the gas tank of a car (50 liters on average) now costs 64.25 euros, about 9 euros a year ago, reports EFE.

In one week, the average price of a liter of gasoline prices increased 1.18% compared to EUR 1.271 which was sold on average for seven days, while diesel stood at 8 cents from the record 2008. Tension rises again in Libya the price of a barrel of oil price per barrel of Brent oil was over on Thursday morning first $ 119 for the first time since August 22, 2008, at the same time as the 'West Texas 'took hold above the altitude of $ 100, a new day in which the conflict fired again Libyan crude oil prices in the markets, reports Europa Press.

Specifically, the barrel of the European standard variety, the 'Brent North Sea', has come to buy this morning at $ 119.79 on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), more than eight dollars over the end of 23 February ($ 111.25), but then dropped again to $ 117. For its part, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the barrel 'West Texas' has come to be acquired by $ 103.41, compared with $ 98.10 in which the session opened, marking its highest level since 29 September 2008 and strengthen its contribution above the $ 100 barrier.

In this line, the price of the reference basket of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) increased this Wednesday to the $ 105.88 to $ 104.01 against the previous day. Meanwhile, in the currency market, the euro is stable against the dollar, to be switching between the two currencies set at 1.376 units at the beginning of the trading session.

For its part, gold was trading up slightly and stood at $ 1,416 an ounce in the futures market in New York, compared with 1,409 'greenbacks' in which closed Wednesday's session.

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