Oil Steady Below $37 a Barrel
Oil was steady early Friday after closing Thursday below $37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the first time it closed below $40 in more than four years, Bloomberg reported.
Crude futures fell $3.84 Thursday to close at $36.22 on the Nymex, and the continuing decline showed that OPEC’s decision Wednesday to cut production volumes by 2.2 million had little immediate effect on prices, Bloomberg said.
Oil closed at a record $145.29 a barrel on July 3, and has fallen steadily since then.