Oil and gasoline futures finished lower on Thursday as capitalists shifted their interest to calm down the heated market worries and upset over the subsisting instability in the market; thus putting to rest concerns over the auspicated tropical storm.

For September delivery, light, sweet crude came down USD 2.33 to USD 71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), whereas September gasoline rate descended 3.05 cents to USD 1.9783 per gallon.

Nymex heating oil went down 4.4 cents to USD 1.9829 a gallon.

The net profit of “Blackstone Group” LP’s increased more tha