Oil prices fell as the dollar strengthens against other major currencies and the release of positive data on new jobs in the US market through July. Oil prices for futures contracts in New York Stock Exchange fell 0.3% after it had increased by 6.1% in the past two daily deal. In currency markets, the dollar rose 0.7% in the wake of the US Department of Labor's success in the economy to provide 255 thousand new jobs in July, beating expectations.
The agency Bloomberg News that the slower pace of decline in oil prices after the announcement of the continued rise in the number of drilling for working in the United States oil for the sixth week in a row platforms American company "Baker Hughes" oil services the longest rise since last August. The decline in crude oil price of West Texas Intermediate, a benchmark crude oil to the US increased by 13 cents to $ 41.8 a barrel next September delivery in New York trading Mercantile Exchange. The price of futures contracts has dropped to $ 39.51 a barrel, the lowest level since last April 7. Then it rose in the next two days by 0.5%. In London, the price of benchmark Brent North Sea oil fell by 2 cents to $ 44.27 a barrel for October delivery next.
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