Crude oil futures end higher on Thursday amid supply disruptions in Russia

21 Feb 2025 Evaluate

Crude oil futures ended higher on Thursday as supply disruptions in Russia, and drop in gasoline and distillate fuel stocks aided oil prices. According to reports, Russia attacked some gas production facilities in Ukraine on Wednesday. Meanwhile, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed crude oil inventories in the U.S. shot up by 4.6 million barrels last week, after jumping by 4.1 million barrels in the previous week. Street had expected crude oil inventories to increase by 3.0 million barrels. Besides, the report said gasoline inventories edged down by 0.2 million barrels last week and are 1% below the five-year average for this time of year.

Benchmark crude oil futures for March rose $0.32 or about 0.44 percent to settle at $72.57 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for April delivery added $0.44 or about 0.58 percent to settle at $76.48 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.


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