Following last night's API-reported near-expectations build in crude, DOE reports a smaller-than-expected 2.3mm build (against expectations of a 3.1mm build) and draws in Cushing, Gasoline, and Distillates. Oil prices surged on this. Production is more in focus now as it has fallen 9 of the last 10 weeks to its lowest since Nov 2014. Crude prices dropped pre-data, then spiked,. but are struggling to maintain gains.
Of course, crude is soaring on the heels of Yellen's dove-tardiness.
API Details:
- Crude +2.64mm (+3.1mm exp.)
- Cushing -319k (confirming Genscape)
- Gasoline -1.94m
- Distillates -95k
DOE Details:
- Crude +2.3m (+3.1m exp.)
- Cushing -272k (-500k exp.)
- Gasoline -2.5m
- Distillates -1.075m
This is the 7th weekly build in inventories in a row…
The oil rally "is to do with external factors — a weaker dollar and increased risk appetite following Fed Chair Yellen’s statements,” says Commerzbank commodity strategist Carsten Fritsch.
“The API number was not far away from market expectations, so not much repositioning necessary,” says Fritsch; the market is watching U.S. crude production…
Production had dropped 9 of the last 10 weeks…
The reaction in crude…
Charts: Bloomberg
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