Oil prices fell markedly, offsetting earlier rise, as markets got some certainty oil policy of Saudi Arabia. The course of trade affect the assumptions of investors that the decline in exports of oil from Saudi Arabia is not a signal to reduce oil production in the country. Some analysts believe that the decline in oil supplies from Saudi Arabia due to increased volume of oil remaining in the country, due to increased domestic demand. Recall yesterday it became known to reduce the supply of oil from the country in September to 328,000 barrels a day - up to 9.36 million barrels per day.

"Saudi Arabia does not reduce production. Volumes supplied to the oil market are great, and the price of oil will have a tendency to decrease, "- said the manager Tyche Capital Advisors Tariq Zahir.

Pressure on prices also had reports that a New York physician was confirmed Ebola after his return from West Africa, where he provided medical care to patients. The first confirmed case of the disease in the largest city in the United States called the recent concerns about the spread of the virus, putting pressure mainly on risky assets.

Concerns about the weakening global demand, as well as signs that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will not cut production to support oil quotations, also pressured in recent weeks. Oil production in the OPEC reached in September two-year high of 31 million barrels per day, due to the increase in production in Iraq and Libya. Some market analysts believe that only a reduction in the volume of production in the oil cartel will be able to stop the decline in prices.

The cost of the November futures for the American light crude oil WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) fell to $ 80.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

The price of December futures for North Sea Brent crude oil mixture has dropped to $ 86.45 a barrel on the London exchange ICE Futures Europe.

The price of gold rose slightly today, which was associated with a reduction in the European stock market and the depreciation of the dollar. Nevertheless, at the end of the week the precious metal has lost about 0.5 percent.

Little impact on the course of trading have today's data on the housing market the United States. It is learned that new home sales rose 0.2% in September compared with the previous month - to an annual rate of 467 000 Sales rose by 15.3% in August to 466,000 units, which have been revised downward from the initial assessment of 504 000 sales in June and July were revised downward. Economists had expected sales to fall in September by 6.7% to 473 000 The September sales of 467,000 was still the highest since July 2008. According to estimates of the Ministry of Commerce data on new home sales can be volatile from month to month. 0.2% increase in September were calculated with an accuracy of 15.7 percentage points. Sales in September rose 17% from a year earlier. For the first nine months of this year, sales rose by 1.7% compared to the same period in 2013. In the newly built homes accounted for about 10% of purchases of homes in the United States. Sales of existing homes rose 2.4% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.17 million, it is the fastest pace of the year, said on Tuesday the National Association of Realtors. But sales of existing homes were less than 1.7% last month compared with a year earlier.

Meanwhile, we add that market participants are cautious in anticipation of the Fed meeting, scheduled for next Wednesday. Many experts believe that the central bank of the USA completes asset purchase program as part of its third round of quantitative easing, as well as provide clues as to the timing of interest rate hikes.

The cost of the December gold futures on the COMEX today rose to 1229.80 dollars per ounce.