Oil Higher on Tighter US Market

August 3, 2017 Share Print 0

Oil prices rose on Thursday, lifted by signs of a tightening U.S. market, although high crude supplies from producer club OPEC weighed on market sentiment.

Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was up 25 cents at $52.61 a barrel by 1353 GMT. U.S. light crude CLc1 was 15 cents higher at $49.74.

Strong demand in the United States has been supporting prices. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported record gasoline demand of 9.84 million barrels per day (bpd) for last week and a fall in commercial crude inventories of 1.5 million barrels to 481.9 million barrels

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Based in London, Craig Erlam joined OANDA in 2015 as a market analyst. With many years of experience as a financial market analyst and trader, he focuses on both fundamental and technical analysis while producing macroeconomic commentary. His views have been published in the Financial Times, Reuters, The Telegraph and the International Business Times, and he also appears as a regular guest commentator on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX Business and SKY News. Craig holds a full membership to the Society of Technical Analysts and is recognised as a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts.