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Energy futures drop on US report of unexpected jump in crude and distillate stocks
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 30 - 04 - 2008


Energy futures fell sharply Wednesday
after the government reported a surprising jump in crude
oil and distillate fuel inventories last week, according to ap.
In its weekly inventory report, the Energy Department's
Energy Information Administration said crude oil
inventories rose by 3.8 million barrels, more than double
the increase that analysts surveyed by energy research firm
Platts had expected.
Meanwhile, inventories of distillates, which include
heating oil and diesel fuel, rose by 1.1 million barrels,
more than seven times the expected increase.
As a result, light, sweet crude for June delivery fell
$1.58 to $114.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile
Exchange.
Investors shrugged off a 1.5 million barrel decline in
gasoline inventories, which was nearly double the expected
decrease. In part, that's because despite the decline,
supplies of gasoline remain high for this time of year.
Also, demand for gasoline fell slightly over the last four
weeks, on average, compared with the same period last year,
EIA data show.
«The demand just isn't there, and there's plenty of
supply,» said Phil Flynn, an analyst at Alaron Trading
Corp. in Chicago.
Analysts say record gas prices are depressing demand for
gasoline. At the pump, the national average price of a
gallon of regular gas rose a cent overnight to a record
$3.617 (95 cents a liter), according to a survey of
stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
Diesel fuel rose 0.6 cent to a new record of $4.25 a gallon
($1.12 a liter).
At some point, falling demand will pull prices down,
analysts say, though few are willing to predict when that
will happen.
Energy traders are also waiting for a decision from the
Federal Reserve, which is expected to cut its benchmark
interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday
afternoon. A quarter point cut is largely priced into the
market, analysts say, but some investors are betting on a
larger cut while others think the Fed will take no action.
Interest rate cuts tend to weaken the dollar, and
investors buy commodities such as oil as a hedge against
inflation when the greenback falls. A weaker dollar also
makes oil cheaper for overseas buyers.
While the energy market is interested in what the Fed does
Wednesday about rates, investors are also anxious to see
the central bank's accompanying statement that will give
clues to its plans going forward. It is widely expected
that the Fed will pause after a cut on Wednesday. Stable
rates would also tend to support the dollar.


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