Crude oil prices rallied Wednesday, taking back steep losses from the previous two sessions as the dollar weakened.
Traders ignored a Energy Department data showing a record US crude oil stockpiles.
US oil for March was up $2.40, or 8.03%, at $32.28 a barrel, one of the biggest one-day gains in recent memory.
Prices have moved away from 12-year lows seen mid-January.
Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday that crude inventories rose by 7.8 million barrels for the week ended Jan. 29.
That’s a much bigger big than anticipated, and surpasses yesterday’s projection from the industry group American Petroleum Institute.
ADP said US private sector employment jumped by 205,000 jobs in January following an upwardly revised increase of 267,000 jobs in December.
Meanwhile, the Institute for Supply Management released a separate report showing a slowdown in service sector growth.
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