Oil Prices Continue To Decline Amid The Increase In US Crude And Fuel, 6 JUNE

 Oil Prices Continue To Decline Amid The Increase In US Crude And Fuel

Energy  Economy News _ Baghdad  Oil prices extended losses in early Asian trading on Wednesday, after a report showed an increase in US crude and fuel inventories, raising concerns about demand growth.

Brent crude futures fell 14 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $77.38 per barrel by 0005 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures also fell 18 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $73.07 per barrel.

Both contracts fell about a dollar in yesterday's session on Tuesday and about three dollars a barrel on Monday, under pressure from the OPEC+ coalition announcing plans to increase supplies starting in October, despite recent indications of weak demand growth.

Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that stocks of crude oil, gasoline and distillates in the United States rose last week. High inventories are usually a sign that supplies are exceeding demand.

Figures from the American Petroleum Institute showed that crude inventories rose by more than four million barrels in the week ending May 31, compared to analysts’ expectations of a decline of 2.3 million barrels in a Reuters poll.

Gasoline stocks also rose by more than four million barrels, which is much more than the two million barrel increase that analysts expected.

The US Energy Information Administration will publish official inventory data on Wednesday at 14:30 GMT.  Views 105 06/05/2024 - https://economy-news.net/content.php?id=44028