
Crude oil on MCX settled down -0.12% at 3444 as prices gave back some of its gain on some ground in yesterday session tracking weakness from NYMEX Crude which slid by $0.29 to settled at $53.11 a barrel after reaching a one-month high of $53.76 a barrel as traders cashed in on the recent strength despite a report from the EIA showing an unexpected drop in crude oil inventories.
The US EIA early Wednesday reported that domestic crude supplies fell by 2.2mbls for the week ended April 7, after climbing in each of the previous three weeks. Crude stockpiles have only posted two weekly declines this year to date, according to EIA data. While a day earlier the API late Tuesday reported a 1.3mbl decline, according to sources.
In a monthly report released Wednesday, the OPEC said its member output continued to fall in March, but the group also said raised its 2017 forecast for supply growth in the U.S. by 200,000 barrels a day. The EIA’s weekly report revealed a rise of 36,000bpd in last week’s total U.S. crude production to 9.235mbls a day.
In its short-term outlook report released Monday, the EIA said it expects to see record U.S. oil production in 2018. Prices were boosted earlier on Wednesday following reports that Saudi Arabia has told officials from the OPEC that it wants to extend an agreement to cut output for another six months when the group meets in May.
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