U.S. stocks score fourth straight day of gains ahead of inflation report
U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday, booking gains for a fourth straight day as investors weighed signs...
U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday, booking gains for a fourth straight day as investors weighed signs of cooling in the labor market and revised data on economic growth in the second quarter. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA ended 0.1% higher, while the S&P 500 IndexSPX gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite IndexCOMP rose 0.5%, according to preliminary data from FactSet.
A U.S. employment report Wednesday from payroll processor ADP showed fewer private-sector jobs were added in August than economists forecast. Investors also digested revised data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which showed the U.S. economy grew at a 2.1% annual pace in the second quarter, down from an earlier estimated 2.4%. A reading from the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge will be released before the market opens on Thursday.
U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell by 10.6 million barrels last week, according to a government report on Wednesday that showed a third straight week of such inventory declines as refiners maxed out fuel processing to prepare for this year’s last hurrah in summer travel.
The upcoming Labor Day on Sept 4 unofficially brings to a close U.S. road trips for this summer and the Energy Information Administration, or EIA, said in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report that refiners maintained an extraordinarily high 93.3% run rate on their capacity for the week ended Aug. 25.
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a massive...
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a massive 11.486-million-barrel draw in U.S. crude inventories, compared with the previous week's 2.418-million-barrel draw as the markets weigh China's economic activity against U.S. crude inventories.
Analysts were expecting an inventory draw of 2.9 million barrels for the week.
Distillate inventories rose by 2.46 million barrels, after the 153,000 barrel draw in the week prior, and are already sitting somewhere around 16% below the five-year average for this time of year.
The energy sector is off to a higher start, supported by strength in the...
The energy sector is off to a higher start, supported by strength in the underlying commodities and the major equity futures which are expected to begin today’s session in positive territory following softer ADP payroll data.
WTI and Brent crude oil futures are extending gains for the fifth-consecutive session on a larger-than-expected draw in crude stocks reflected in the API’s report, and as investors remain cautious of the potential disruptions as Hurricane Idalia makes landfall in Florida. According to the API, U.S. crude stocks fell by a bigger than-expected 11.5 million barrels in the week ended Aug. 25. Additionally, Reuters observes that money managers' net bullish position in crude continued to fall in the week ending 22-Aug (though WTI has moved back above $80/barrel since that point).
Natural gas futures are edging higher on forecasts for above-normal temperatures across the majority of the U.S.
Oil rises on US stockpile draw and hurricane jitters
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after industry data showed a large draw in...
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after industry data showed a large draw in crude inventories in the U.S., the world's biggest fuel consumer, and as a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico kept investors on edge.
Brent crude futures for October rose by 55 cents, or 0.64%, to $86.04 a barrel by 1114 GMT. The October contract expires on Thursday and the more active November contract was at $85.42, up 51 cents.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 59 cents, or 0.73%, to $81.75.
