Crude oil retreats in spite of equities’ strength in Asian and European sessions. Although crude oil inventory fell last week, both gasoline and distillate stockpiles continued to climb higher. Possibility of economic slowdowns in the US and China has shaken confidence of oil demand. Currently trading as 81.9, the front-month WTI crude oil contract has retreated more than -1% from a 3-month high of 82.97 made yesterday. Price broke above the upper end of recent trading range of 70-80 on August 2.
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Crude Oil Continues to Pare Gains
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