Crude oil traded below $ 33 cost of oil on Tuesday fell below 33 dollars a barrel against a backdrop of rising fuel, as well as traders closing positions on the last day of trading fevralskimi futures contracts for WTI.The cost of the February futures on U.S. light crude oil mark Light Sweet Crude Oil on the NYMEX fell by $ 2.62, to $ 34.53 a barrel. At the same time on the London stock exchange InterContinental Exchange Futures (ICE) March futures price for oil brand Brent Crude Oil was $ 43.80 a barrel, falling to $ 2.77. In Asia, oil quotes have continued to be held at the point below $ 35 a barrel after falling $ 2 on 19 January. In addition, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC announced another reduction of the oil basket to below $ 41 a barrel. OPEC oil basket represents the average price of oil produced by 13 countries-members of the organization. On January 19, its value was $ 40.53 per barrel with a decline to $ 1.64 the previous auction. Remember, on the eve of the Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Finance to recalculate the federal budget on the basis of the revised economic forecast for 2009. It was presented to the Ministry of Economic Development and takes into account the average price for oil to $ 41 a barrel, a decrease of GDP to 0.3%, inflation at 13% and the devaluation of the ruble to 35 rubles. the dollar. Earlier, the budget was calculated on the basis of $ 95 per barrel and the world’s GDP growth at 4%. The initial three-year budget for 2009-2011 annual growth of the dollar had been scheduled to 24.7 to 27.3 rubles.
