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Crude higher as U.S. inventories plummet
Crude oil prices pushed to multi-year highs, after strong demand in the U.S. market drained the country’s inventories.
By 6:20 AM ET, U.S. crude was up 0.9% at $73.47 a barrel, a level not seen since September 2018, while Brent was up 1% at $75.57, after pushing above $75 a barrel during the previous session for the first time since April 2019.
U.S. inventories numbers from the trade body, the American Petroleum Institute showed a draw of 7.2 million barrels, continuing a run of large reductions as demand rises in response to a brightening travel season.
Official numbers from the U.S. Energy Information Administration are due at 10:30 AM ET, with expectations for a fifth straight decline in crude stocks.