Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Oil Falls 20% From July Record, Reaches Bear Market Threshold

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures fell as low as $117.11 a barrel on speculation a slowing global economy will reduce demand, and after the dollar hit a seven-week high.
Today's 1.7 percent drop to the intraday low put prices more than 20 percent below the record $147.27 a barrel in New York on July 11; a drop of 20 percent is a threshold often seen as the start of a bear market.

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