The worth of the barrels of reference oil has risen this Thursday to a maximum of three months, after the fall in crude oil inventories in the US and the renewed hope of a commerce settlement between this nation and China.
Thus, the value of the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closed with an increase of 0.93% to $ 61.88 a barrel, whereas the barrel of Brent for supply in February improved 1.03% to 67.88 {Dollars}.
Based on information printed in the present day by the American Petroleum Institute (API), crude oil inventories in the US fell final week to 7.9 million barrels, far more than anticipated by analysts.
The buying and selling quantity stays low as a result of the Christmas holidays, which have delayed the publication of the official oil stock report of the United States Authorities in two days, till Friday.
On this context, gasoline futures contracts due in January rose two cents, to $ 1.75 a gallon, and pure gasoline contracts, due in the similar month, superior nearly 12 cents to $ 2.29 per each thousand cubic ft.