Oil continued its rebound in New York

Oil prices had closed up for the second straight session Thursday on the New York market, supported notably by the weak dollar.

The October contract on the U.S. light crude ended the day on an increase of 84 cents, or 1.16%, to 73.36 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

He had previously traded between 72.54 and 73.98 dollars, but failed to reach the threshold of $ 74.

The barrel had begun a rebound Wednesday after five sessions of decline that had been dropped under 71 dollars, the lowest in eleven weeks.

• The price of a barrel of oil has increased by 15.14% in 2010
• Light crude oil jumped because of unrest in Libya
• Oil prices end up in small
• The oil eventually falling 3.54%, the fourth straight session decline
• The Paris Bourse is rising again, banks rebound