Crude Oil Hit by Global Weakness, API Shows 695k Barrel Weekly Decline (USO) (OIL) (UCO)
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Weakening data out of China contributed to a 2 percent selloff in United States Oil Fund LP ETF (NYSE: USO) and WTI crude oil futures on Tuesday, as the global market for oil appears to remain well supplied due to weakening demand.
API data late on Tuesday showed oil inventories in the U.S. declined by 695k barrels last week. The release comes ahead of EIA inventory data tomorrow, which is expected to show a decrease of 1.38 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey.
However, the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday cut its 2012 world oil demand growth forecast by 130,000 barrels per day to 670,000 bpd, citing expectations for slower global economic growth. The EIA said global oil and liquids demand growth was likely to be slower than previously expected due to less optimistic forecasts for global economic growth, which were lowered by 0.1 percent in 2012 and 0.6 percent in 2013 versus a month earlier.
United States Oil Fund LP ETF (NYSE: USO) closed at 31.52 continuing a 5 day downward trend. WTI trades near $84 per barrel and Brent futures trade just under $98 per barrel in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
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API data late on Tuesday showed oil inventories in the U.S. declined by 695k barrels last week. The release comes ahead of EIA inventory data tomorrow, which is expected to show a decrease of 1.38 million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey.
However, the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday cut its 2012 world oil demand growth forecast by 130,000 barrels per day to 670,000 bpd, citing expectations for slower global economic growth. The EIA said global oil and liquids demand growth was likely to be slower than previously expected due to less optimistic forecasts for global economic growth, which were lowered by 0.1 percent in 2012 and 0.6 percent in 2013 versus a month earlier.
United States Oil Fund LP ETF (NYSE: USO) closed at 31.52 continuing a 5 day downward trend. WTI trades near $84 per barrel and Brent futures trade just under $98 per barrel in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
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