Commodity Daily News

Crude Oil Sees Downtick in Inventory Growth

Crude Oil prices gained mild support Thursday as sentiment appeared to favor an upward turn brought about by a strong downtick in US stockpiles. The weekly report revealed yesterday that the US has lost roughly 4.7 million barrels from its reserves. This news has so far countered the notion of a sinking price of oil brought about by higher USD values and pushed oil into a bullish posture from supply shortfall speculations.

An expected dip in oil values due to this week's risk sensitive environment, which saw the greenback climbing sharply, has so far not affected the price of physical assets in any clearly visible way. The stockpile report out Wednesday surprised many investors who had priced in a far milder decline in reserves. With this sentiment grabbing hold among many traders, oil prices could see resurgence above $90 a barrel in the near future.