FACTBOX: Crude oil prices in major currencies
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures hit a record high of $99.29 a barrel on Wednesday due to a slump in the dollar and concern about a fuel supply crunch heading into the peak demand winter season.
Following is the conversions of U.S. crude futures prices on Wednesday November 21, at the start of this year and on November 21, 2006 into euros, the yen and a basket of six major currencies against the dollar.
Conversions are done by Reuters and shown per barrel. Rates apply to the date specified. Crude prices are each day's highs.
In dollar terms, oil prices have risen 64 percent from a year earlier but by a more modest 42 percent in euros. The increases over the same period is 52 percent in yen terms and 45 percent for the basket of six currencies.
Date Dollar Euro Yen Basket
21/11/07 99.29 67.10 10,834 7,460
($1=.6758 Euro) ($1=109.11 Yen) ($1=75.14)
02/01/07 61.55 46.62 7,311 5,152
($1=.7649 Euro) ($1=118.79 Yen) ($1=83.71)
21/11/06 60.40 47.23 7,118 5,157
($1=.7812 Euro) ($1=117.84 Yen) ($1=85.38)
(Reporting by Ikuko Kao)
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