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Crude Oil Price Rises Sharply,  Hits Record
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 6:05 PM

Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Tuesday:The price of crude oil rose nearly $2...

Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Tuesday:

The price of crude oil rose nearly $2 to settle at $121.79 a barrel. Earlier, oil prices went as high at $122.73 a barrel, a record high.

Coffee prices rose more than one cent to finish the day at $1.329 a pound.

Copper prices fell more than $0.65 to close at $3.913 a pound.

And cocoa futures soared $91 to end at $2,781 a ton.

Some information for this report was provided by and Bloomberg.

 

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