Commodity Daily News

Oil Sees Heavy Fluctuations Ahead of Inventories Report

Over the last few days, the price of crude oil has been bouncing back and forth ‎between around $75.50 a barrel and $77.00 a barrel. While prices have been ‎somewhat influenced by the value of the US dollar, the commodity has not been ‎able to establish a clear trend. In yesterday's trading alone, oil jumped around 150 ‎pips, followed by a steep drop of around 70 pips, and finally by another upward ‎correction. ‎

This trend may change later today when the latest US Crude Oil Inventory figure is ‎released. Analysts are forecasting a drop in US inventories from last week. Should ‎today's figure come in at the predicted level of -0.4M, oil may restart the bullish ‎trend it experienced throughout last week. At the same time, traders will want to ‎pay attention. If the figure comes in above the predicted level, prices may fall in ‎afternoon trading. ‎