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Oil prices rose on Monday, rebounding from recent losses, on reports that OPEC+ could adjust plans to raise oil production if large consuming countries release crude from their reserves or if the coronavirus pandemic dampens demand. This marks the latest development in the market after weeks long tug-of-war game. Brent …

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a small inventory build in crude oil that was just enough to keep the market from panicking because of declining inventories. This week, the API estimated the inventory for crude oil to be 655,000 barrels.U.S. crude inventories are now 60 million barrels below the …

A handful of bearish factors are driving oil prices lower, with both WTI and Brent set for a third successive weekly loss.While crude prices have been relatively range-bound recently, hovering within the $80-85 per barrel range, they are expected to suffer their third weekly decline in a row. Yet, beyond …

Oil prices are consolidating on Thursday ahead of the U. S. open, with front-month futures contracts of the American benchmark for WTI, swinging either side of the $81.00 per barrel mark. Subdued trading conditions are not too surprising given thin liquidity conditions in U. S. markets, Thursday’s consolidation comes after …

`Crude oil prices have been uneven during recent trading but continue to trade with a positive bias on the day.Front-month futures contracts for the U. S. WTI, currently trades close to $82.00/barrel, having swung between the $81.30-$82.60 at various points throughout the U. S. session. WTI currently trades with on-the-day …

Prices of the barrel of the U. S. benchmark for the sweet light crude oil have remained on the defensive and approach the $81.00 mark midweek.Crude oil prices lose ground for the second successive session on Wednesday and threaten to breach the $81.00 mark per barrel following another unexpected build …

Oil prices settled higher on Monday as expectations of solid winter demand and a belief that a key producer group will not change the current production pace fast helped reverse initial losses caused by the release of fuel reserves by No. 1 world energy consumer China.Brent crude futures settled up …

Oil prices fell to their lowest level in two weeks after official data showed a sudden jump in US crude stocks, and with the increase in Covid-19 cases in Europe and Russia and the emergence of some hotbeds of infection in China, dampening hopes for an economic recovery. Brent crude …

Oil prices retreated on Wednesday after U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose more than expected. The bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. crude stocks gave some investors a momentum to implement long positions.Brent oil futures ended down $1.82, or 2.1%, to $84.58 a barrel, after closing at a seven-year high on Tuesday. U.S. …

WTI US crude oil rises during the New York session, trading at $84.30. The market sentiment has remained positive as U. S. shares are supported by U. S. Q3 solid corporate earnings, which helped ease investors’ nervousness around high inflation and central bank monetary policy tightening.In the meantime, the US …