Commodities
Oil Declines After US Report Shows Surprising Stockpile Build
- EIA reports US crude inventories built by 1.4 million barrels
- US inflation eased in July, matching market expectations
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Oil shed early week gains after a government report showed a surprising build for US crude stockpiles amid concern that a global surplus will emerge later in the year.
West Texas Intermediate dropped 1.8% to settle below $77 a barrel, while Brent breached $80. US oil inventories rose by 1.36 million barrels last week, snapping a six-week streak of declines. The figure sharply diverged from the American Petroleum Institute’s 5.2 million estimate.