Crude oil futures end higher despite increase in crude inventories in US

09 Sep 2022 Evaluate

Crude oil futures ended higher on Thursday after dropping to a seven-month low in the previous session as some technical traders bought the dip and Russia threatened to halt oil and gas exports to some buyers. Further, oil prices rose despite data showing a sharp increase in crude inventories in the US in the week ended September 2nd. Data from Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed crude stockpiles rose by 8.844 million barrels last week, the highest for a week since the week ended April 8. Crude inventories were expected to drop by 250,000 barrels last week. The data also showed that the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve saw an outflow of 7.5 million barrels last week.

Benchmark crude oil futures for October delivery rose $1.60 or about 2 percent to settle at $83.54 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for November delivery surged $1.15 or about 1.30 percent to settle at $89.15 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.

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