Crude oil fell more than $1 a barrel after a U.S. Energy Department report showed that inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel increased. Gasoline supplies climbed 2.94 million barrels to 214.4 million last week, almost three times the gain forecast by analysts in a Bloomberg News survey. Stockpiles of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel, rose to the highest since January 1983. Oil also dropped as the rising dollar curbed the appeal of energy as an inflation hedge.
“This is a very bearish report,” said Tim Evans, an energy analyst with Citi Futures Perspective in New York. “The product builds are significant and increase the cushion against any disruption. It takes uncertainty about refiners out of the equation.” Crude oil for November delivery fell $1.31, or 1.9 percent, to $69.57 a barrel at 2:59 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement since Sept. 29. Prices have gained 56 percent this year.....read the entire article
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