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Oil eases to USD 34.61 a barrel

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Posted: Feb 19, 2009 at 0958 hrs IST
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Singapore Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade on Thursday ahead of a report expected to show a build-up in US crude inventories during the recession, dealers said.

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for March delivery, eased a penny to USD 34.61 a barrel, within sight of the USD 32.40 hit on December 18, when prices hit their lowest point in nearly five years.

Brent North Sea crude for April delivery was 36 cents higher at USD 39.91.

Sentiment remained weak, with investors still concerned about the state of the US economy, the world's biggest energy user, dealers said.

The US Federal Reserve in its latest forecast on Wednesday said the US economy would shrink this year by 0.5 to 1.3 per cent while unemployment is forecast to rise from 8.5 to 8.8 per cent.

"The Fed released its latest economic projections overnight... the tone could hardly be called positive," said Jan Lambregts, head of regional research with Rabobank in Hong Kong.

The US Department of Energy was to publish its weekly report on American energy inventories later today, one day later than normal because of a public holiday in the United States on Monday.

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