Friday, September 18, 2009

Crude Oil Fluctuates Amid Equity Gain, Ample U.S. Supplies


Crude oil fluctuated as equity gains indicated that the U.S. is pulling out of a recession amid ample fuel supplies in the world’s biggest energy using country. Oil is heading for a 4.6 percent increase this week, a second straight weekly advance, as the stock market climbed on data showing an expansion in U.S. housing starts and industrial capacity utilization.

The country’s supplies of crude oil, gasoline and distillate fuel are higher than average, according to the Energy Department. “This is a range bound market,” said Tom Bentz, a senior energy analyst at BNP Paribas Commodity Futures Inc. in New York. “There’s nothing at this moment that is giving it a direction”.....Read the entire article

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