Oil Price Edges Down

Posted August 31st, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Wednesday:

Crude oil fell 9 cents to close at $88.81 a barrel.

Coffee increased more than a penny to end at $2.89 per pound.

Copper rose more than 6 cents to finish at $4.19 a pound.

Cocoa futures advanced $11 to end the day's trading at $3,098 per ton.

In Chicago trading, the price of wheat rose one cent to close at $7.92.

Rice prices gained 27 cents to end at $17.95 per hundredweight.