scorecard
  1. Home
  2. stock market
  3. Crude oil is spiking

Crude oil is spiking

Akin Oyedele   

Crude oil is spiking
Stock Market1 min read

petrochina oil pump rigs daqing oilfield

REUTERS/China Newsphoto

Crude oil is rallying.

West Texas Intermediate crude prices rallied by more than 3% on Wednesday to as high as $58.81 per barrel. It's yet another year-to-date high for the commodity.

The rally comes after data from the Energy Information Administration showed that the growth of commercial crude inventories slowed last week.

Inventories rose by 1.9 million barrels, compared with a build of 5.3 million in the previous week.

Crude oil prices have held above $50 per barrel through April and appear to no longer be listening to data indicating there is still tons of supply in the market.

Here's the spike:

fut_chart (8)

FinViz

NOW WATCH: Watch these giant container ships collide near the Suez Canal

READ MORE ARTICLES ON


Advertisement

Advertisement