At 3:42 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (18th), WTI oil registered a strong drop of 7.23% traded at US$ 59.90 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The market loses strength in the penultimate session of the week, reflecting fears about the suspension of vaccination against the coronavirus at the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and six other countries. In addition to the increase in cases and deaths caused by the disease in the main oil-importing countries on the continent, increasing the uncertainties about the global economic recovery and, consequently, the demand. Information from the Energy and Information Administration (EIA) that US oil stocks grew by 2.369 million barrels in the week ended March 9, compared to an increase of more than 13 million barrels in the previous week as well. repercussion.
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