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Nymex Crude Rises Above
$87 On Inventories Slump
Crude oil futures shot higher, breaking a run of
three straight falls after weekly Department of
Energy inventory data showed unexpected falls
in U.S. crude oil, gasoline and distillate inventories.
The front-month December light, sweet
crude contract on the New York Mercantile
Exchange settled $1.83 higher at $87.10 a barrel.
Crude oil stockpiles slumped 5.3 million
barrels to 316.6 million barrels last week, the
DOE’s Energy Information Administration said.
That compared with forecasts for a 300,000-
barrel increase in a Dow Jones Newswires survey
of analysts, and is the lowest level since
January.“I don’t think anybody expected such a
big draw in crude stocks - there’s nothing
bearish about this report,” said Tony Rosado of
IAG Energy Brokers. “Draws in all energy sectors
caused a $2 push to the upside” from the
$85-a-barrel level prices were at before the
data was released. After trading as low as
$84.68 a barrel before the inventory report,
prices are now just $3 a barrel from their
intraday record high of $90.07 a barrel, set
Friday. Crude oil made the highs amid forecasts
for a big gap between global oil supply and
demand in the fourth quarter, a weaker dollar
and Turkish threats to attack Kurdish rebels in
northern Iraq.

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