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Lower For Fourth Day

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Crude futures are marginally lower in Asia on Wednesday; WTI is down $0.03 from settlement levels, while Brent is around $0.11 lower. If the benchmarks do record declines, it will be the fourth straight day of drops, though the benchmarks are holding the majority of the ~70% gain seen since November 2020. Data after market yesterday showed a surprise 1m bbl draw in US crude inventories compared to a massive 12.80m bbl build in the previous week. Downstream product data was less bullish, gasoline inventories fell by a less than expected 926k bls, and distillate inventories increasing by 904k bbls. For more comprehensive inventory data, the market will now be looking towards the DOE report due later today, if the DOE figures confirm the API report it would be the first headline draw since February.

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