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Oil hits historic high at $139.89

AFP, London
Crude oil rocketed to a record high of almost 140 dollars a barrel on Monday despite news that Saudi Arabia is ready to raise output to help cool soaring energy costs for consumers.
New York main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for July delivery reached 139.89 dollars, beating its all-time high of 139.12 dollars recorded on June 6.
New York's main contract later pulled back to stand at 138.60 dollars, which was still a gain of 3.74 dollars compared to Friday's closing level.
Meanwhile Brent North Sea crude for August delivery strucka life-time high of 139.32 dollars on Monday. Later, in afternoon London trading,
Brent was at 138.21 dollars, up 3.10 dollars.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi was planning to raise his kingdom's production by 200,000 barrels a day in July on top of an increase of 300,000 barrels made in June.
"They will respond positively whenever there is a request from their customers, so there is no shortage," Ban said of Saudi Arabia following a weekend visit to the oil rich kingdom.
He added that "they don't want to be blamed" for high oil prices.
An official Saudi Arabia announcement could be made at a weekend summit of heads of state, oil ministers and busi-
ness leaders to discuss oil price concerns.
The summit due next Sunday was being hosted by Saudi Arabia in Jeddah.
Oil prices struck historic high points of almost 140 dollars a barrel on Monday as oil consumers fret over a feared tight supply situation amid robust demand for energy.
Oil prices broke through 100 dollars for the first time ever only at the start of 2008 and began 2007 trading at about 50 dollars.
Global finance officials fear high oil prices pose a threat to world economic growth, while truckers and others in Europe and Asia are holding protests over the rising cost of fuel.
World finance leaders who met in Japan over the weekend
warned that runaway oil prices could imperil global economic growth. They urged producing countries to hike output and invest money to ensure they can pump enough supply in future.
Another report from New York adds: US stocks lost ground Monday, as a spike in oil prices to a new record undermined the positive sentiment from a rebound late last week.
The main indexes opened weaker but moved off their worst levels as traders reassessed the outlook for oil prices and economic growth.
At 1435 GMT, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 63.67 points (0.52 per cent) at 12,243.68 while the Nasdaq composite lost 2.30 points.