Crude oil futures end slightly in green on Friday

12 Sep 2020 Evaluate

Crude oil futures ended sluggish trading session slightly in green on Friday. Worries over the outlook for energy demand due to a continued surge in coronavirus cases and data showing higher crude inventories weighed on the commodity and limited its upside. US crude inventories increased by about 2 million barrels last week compared to expectations for a drop of 1.3 million barrels. As per a private report, US gasoline demand fell nearly 2% in the last week of August compared to a week earlier. According to Baker Hughes, weekly active oil-rig count in the US has dropped by 1 to 180 this week. Total weekly drilling-ring count has come down by 2 to 254.

Crude oil futures for October rose 3 cents or 0.08 percent to settle at $37.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. However, November Brent crude declined 23 cents or 0.6 percent to settle at $39.83 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.

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