Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a decrease of 900,000 barrels during the week ending October 30, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The decrease brings commercial stockpiles to 409.8 million barrels, according to government data, which is now 4% below the five-year average for this time of year. Total commercial…
Prior was -1892K Gasoline -222K vs +153K expected Distillates -3565K vs -100K expected API data from late yesterday: Crude -5267K Gasoline +1427K Distillates -270K It's all about Trump and the Iran war today. There's a line of thinking that he will blame his advisors or others for the Iran war and look to wrap it up. In the post-mortems from the election, all sides are blaming an unpopular war…
Oil traders are pricing a U.S.-Iran settlement and discounting the threats around it. As of 9:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Brent had fallen $3.04, or 2.9%, to $100.60 per barrel, its third straight loss, and WTI had dropped $2.86, or 3%, to $93.23. Murban slipped $1.27 to $100.90. Both crude benchmarks traded higher early before reversing in a volatile session. President Trump told the Financial…
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The next debt-ceiling confrontation could reverse Washington's traditional political roles, raising the possibility of spending concessions, market volatility and a damaging default.