飓风Wilma避过产油区导致油价回落_经济Business

singapore - oil futures fell tuesday on expectation a midweek u.s. petroleum supply report would show gains in crude stockpiles, and a day after hurricane wilma made landfall in florida, missing platforms and refineries in the gulf of mexico.

light, sweet crude for december delivery on the new york mercantile exchange slipped 15 cents to $60.17 a barrel in electronic trading. the contract closed at $60.32 a barrel monday in floor trade, down 31 cents.

heating oil rose marginally to $1.7982 a gallon while gasoline inched down slightly to $1.5789. natural gas rose 9.8 cents to $13.102 per 1,000 cubic feet.

after moving slowly through the caribbean and along the mexico coast, hurricane wilma stayed on track to spare the oil and gas production platforms and rigs concentrated in the central gulf of mexico before crashing ashore monday in florida.