...The fireworks in your back yard didn't drive oil up over $75 per barrell
And neither did Kim Jong Il's fireworks do that ... the oil prices were driven up by nervous commodities traders.
And missiles heading for Japan, the second largest economy didn't make them nervous !!!!!!
It's not like either NK or Japan have any direct bearing on oil production, which is the typical excuse for increases in oil prices whenever Middle-Eastern news gets messy.
Nah ... it's just a case of commodities guys making money on general nervousness.