World oil prices on auctions held on January 21 fell down

Prices on the world oil market according to the results of auctions held on January 21, 2008, on leading oil stock exchanges fell down, reports RosBusinessConsulting.

Official oil futures of the closest month of delivery amounted:

- on InterContinental Exchange Futures in London - IPE Brent Crude - 87,36 (-1,87) USD/barrel;

- on New York Mercantile Exchange - Light, Sweet Crude Oil - 88,55 (-2,02) USD/barrel.

Auctions on NYMEX were held in electronic regime because of the national holiday celebrated in the US - Martin Luther King Day.