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Commercial crude oil inventories in the US fell by 0.4 million barrels in the week ending October 15.The U. S. Energy Information Administration’s weekly report was out on Wednesday. This reading comes in much lower than the market’s expectation for an inventory build of 1.8 million barrels.Crude oil prices tipped …

U. S. stocks continue to rise despite the below-expected economic data concerning the housing sector, one of the most important economic sectors in the United States. Stocks’ surge is mainly due to the positive earnings reports posted by several companies including Netflix as the latest announced earnings posted on Tuesday. …

U. S. Press Secretary Jen Psaki assured that the White House is continuing to press OPEC member states to address the crude oil supply issue. “I would also note that what we’re also working to address is more of a logistics issue of how we are moving supply around the …

Crude oil prices erased earlier gains, Monday, as the global energy crisis won’t require added crude demand for the rest of October due to warmer weather.The Commodity Weather Group anticipates that the US will have warmer than normal weather for the remaining days of October.Oil prices have been skyrocketing on …

Oil prices settled at a three-year high above $85 a barrel on Friday, boosted by anticipated supply deficit in the next few winter months as the easing of coronavirus-related travel restrictions leads demand surge.Brent crude futures settled up 86 cents, or 1%, at$84.86 a barrel. Front-month prices, which touched their …

Crude oil prices slid lower Thursday after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 6.1 million barrels for the week to October 8.Gasoline inventory builds have also failed to put a lid on prices at the pump in the past couple of weeks. For last week, …

Western Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark hardly progresses by 0.05%, it is trading at $79.94 during the New York session.The market sentiment improved through the U.S. session, as depicted by U. S. equity indexes rising between 0.01% and 0.65%. The U.S. dollar Index, which influences the price of crude oil, …

The S&P 500 ticked down 0.1% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq traded declined less than 0.1%, Nasdaq also reversed lower in afternoon trading but ended up close to breakeven. Meanwhile, U.S. West Texas intermediate crude oil futures hovered near a seven-year high.The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined slightly in today’s stock …

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, October 12 for the first time in four days in what analysts described as a respite after weeks of gains due to rebounding global demand contributing to energy shortages in major economies. Brent crude prices fell to $83.59 a barrel, after touching a three-week high …

Market attention now shifts to the U. S. Nonfarm Payroll data. U. S. Fed Chief Jerome Powell has said that a good employment report could be enough to convince him on tapering.Markets are in a better mood on Thursday, amid news that U. S. Senate’s deal on extending the debt …