Oil Holds Above $41 With Weaker Dollar, Falling U.S. Stockpiles
Live MintOil edged higher as U.S. crude stockpiles were set to have fallen last week, while the dollar slid again. U.S. inventories fell by 6.83 million barrels, the American Petroleum Institute reported but said that gasoline supplies rose, according to people familiar with the data. Consultant Rystad Energy AS said it expects a second virus wave and additional barrels from the OPEC+ alliance to result in a global supply glut for the next four months. “The upshot is that the specter of renewed containment measures looms large” over the market, said PVM Oil Associates analyst Stephen Brennock. “All the while, market players await further U.S. stimulus.” The U.S. crude benchmark’s three-month timespread was 70 cents a barrel in contango -- where near-dated contracts are cheaper than later-dated ones -- compared with 31 cents in contango at the end of June.