Crude oil prices opened weaker today following Wednesday’s release of U.S. oil inventory data that confirmed API’s estimate of a build. Regardless of the fact that the build, at 3.8 million barrels as estimated by the EIA, followed several weeks of draws, it pushed prices lower in the last trading day before the July 4th weekend. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $68.62 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate was changing hands for $67.01 per barrel, both down from Wednesday’s close. The trend could be reversed…
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