According to tomorrow's Energy Information Administration report, Crude oil jumped above the $95.00-mark today amid believes the U.S. crude stockpiles probably slid by 2 million barrels last week.
If U.S. inventories will fail to rise despite the start of the driving season, that would be a concern and might push oil prices back to the downside. The American Petroleum Institute is scheduled to release a separate inventory data today.
Caution is rising ahead of ECB’s Draghi’s speech in Berlin today and before the key U.S. data, which include the durable goods orders and consumer confidence, while the growing fears over the spillover of Syria’s civil war provides support.
- Crude is trading around $95.38 a barrel after rising $0.20.
- Brent is trading around $101.35 a barrel after rising $0.19
Crude also found support from news of record flooding in Canada, which supplied more than one quarter of U.S. crude imports last year. Major oil Canadian pipelines that move almost 1 million barrels per day of Alberta oil sands crude remained shut on Monday.
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday as investors were still adapting to the Federal Reserve’s plans to cut stimulus, which pushed the U.S. dollar higher, while China is showing signs of economic slowdown and liquidity problems, darkening the outlook for oil demand.
- Natural gas is trading at $3.73 per cubic feet after falling 0.24%
- Gasoline is trading at $2.7404 a gallon after rising 0.10%
- Heating oil is trading at $2.8625 a gallon after rising 0.27%