Oil inventories in futures markets have attracted attention due to the fact that these figures indicated an increase in overall demand for oil in the US last week. Meanwhile, the American Energy Information Administration announced that stocks of crude oil and gasoline in the US rose last week, while distillate stocks decreased.
The administration clarified that crude oil stocks at the delivery point in Cushing, Oklahoma, increased by 326 thousand barrels. Consumption of crude oil at oil refineries decreased. Crude oil stocks increased by 3.5 million barrels to 415.1 million for the week, exceeding the analysts' forecast in a Reuters poll, who were expecting an increase of 3.2 million barrels.
