[New York 5th Reuters]-Crude oil futures in US time are flat. Amid a growing concern over the slowdown of global demand against the backdrop of US-China trade friction, a substantial decline in US crude oil stocks helped.
The clearing price of North Sea Brent Futures <LCOc1> is $ 0.25, $ 60.95 per barrel. US WTI Crude Oil Futures <CLc1> is $ 56.30, an increase of $ 0.04.
According to the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) weekly oil inventory statistics (until August 30), US crude oil inventory decreased by 4,771,000 barrels to 423 million barrels for the third consecutive week since October 2018 The low level. The decline was about twice as much as the market forecast (down 2488,000 barrels).