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Oil hits record, gold shines

AFP, London
Oil prices hit fresh record highs above 112 dollars this week as a high-level energy summit between consumers and producers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, failed to dampen the red-hot market.
Prices moved higher as trad ers concentrated on fresh violence in Nigeria, the weak dollar, tight energy supplies and extremely volatile world financial markets.
"Supply disruptions in Nigeria overshadowed any positive supply signals the market received from the Jeddah oil summit," Barclays Capital analysts wrote in a note to clients.
At the Jeddah meeting, Saudi Arabia announced it would increase output by 200,000 barrels per day but that had been flagged beforehand and so it did little to cool the market,
OIL Oil prices jumped to record high levels above 142 dollars on Friday as the US currency weakened further and stock markets tumbled at the end of a rollercoaster week for investors.
New York light sweet crude struck a historic peak of 142.26 dollars a barrel and Brent North Sea crude reached an all-time high of 142.13 dollars.
Opec's president on Thursday predicted that oil
prices could reach 170 dollars this year owing to a weak dollar and geopolitical unrest.
Crude futures crossed 140 dollars for the first time on Thursday following the price forecast made by Opec's chief, Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil.
Opec, which produces 40 percent of the world's oil, argues that speculators are responsible for pushing up prices in reaction to a falling dollar and tensions in oil-producing countries, such as Iran, Iraq and Nigeria.
By Friday, New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August was at 140.85 dollars, up from 134.56 dollars a week earlier. Brent North Sea crude for August jumped to 140.81 dollars from 134.61 dollars.
‘PRECIOUS METALS: Precious metals prices were lower but gold was supported by the weak US currency.
On the London Bullion Market, gold advanced to 919.50 dollars per ounce at Friday's late fixing from 907.50 dollars a week earlier. Silver eased to 17.40 dollars per ounce from 17.74 dollars.
BASE METALS: Base metals prices mainly rose, also winning support from the struggling dollar.
By Friday, copper for delivery in three months had jumped to 8,493 dollars per
tonne on the London Metal Exchange from 8,330 dollars a week earlier. Three-month aluminium rose to 3,086 dollars per tonne from 3,073 dollars, while
three month tin gained to 23,300 dollars per tonne from 22,400 dollars.
SUGAR: Sugar prices were mixed in subdued trade. By Friday on I II I F, the price per tonne of white sugar for October delivery dipped to 377.80 pounds from 378.10 pounds the previous week.
On NYBOT, the price of unrefined sugar for October delivery increased to 13.10 US cents per pound from 12.81 cents.
GRAINS AND SOYA: By Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade, maize for July delivery rose to 7.53 dollars per bushel from 7.21 dollars the previous week.
July-dated soyabean meal --used in animal feed -- climbed to 15.80 dollars from 15.32 dollars.
Wheat for July delivery was up to 9.19 dollars per bushel from 8.66 dollars.
RUBBER: Malaysian rubber prices were higher in tandem with rising oil prices, dealers said.
On Friday, the Malaysian Rubber Board's benchmark SMR20 rose to 319.40 US cents per kilogramme (2.2 pounds) from 316.75 a week earlier.