On its opening day, the price closed at $33 per share.

But the price for oil to be delivered through later winter months closed lower.

The price of gold closed down $13.70, at $370 an ounce.

In early July 2008, the price of oil briefly closed above $145 per barrel.

Prices of municipal bonds closed down by about half a point.

The price is up 23pc in the year to date, closing at $1,743.75 an ounce on Friday.

That happened because the price of index futures closed too high on Thursday.

Dealers said that prices of most issues closed unchanged on the day.

The prices of energy futures closed higher, as oil settled above $14 a barrel for the first time in two weeks.

The price of oil closed above $20 a barrel yesterday for the first time since Dec. 13.