This step aims bring relief to thousands of residents in Emaar’s communities who have been badly affected by unprecedented rains
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for December delivery was up 50 cents to $86.04 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Crude oil prices fell 74 cents, or 1.3 percent, to finish at $85.54 a barrel Monday. The Nymex will be closed again on Tuesday because of the storm, but electronic trading continues.
The biggest refineries in the northeastern United States shut down or throttled back sharply on Monday as the storm came ashore into New Jersey and hurled seawater at New York City, closing US financial markets.
Analysts said the impact on demand, with power outages and the shutdown of major cities, could be significant. That impact on oil prices would only be offset partially by a drop in oil supplies, as some oil imports would be cut off.
Oil analyst Stephen Schork said in an email commentary that “with lower Manhattan in the dark, roads from Connecticut to Delaware closed and refineries shut, the lack of implied demand is overshadowing ... potential supply disruptions from Sandy.”
Oil prices got some support from rising equities in Europe, boosted by some encouraging company earnings reports.
In London, Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, was down 3 cents a barrel to $109.41.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
This step aims bring relief to thousands of residents in Emaar’s communities who have been badly affected by unprecedented rains
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