At around 6:39 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (08), the WTI spot contract registered losses of 0.28% and was traded at US$ 59.60 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The session was pressured by technical movements to make profits and worsen the coronavirus pandemic, which increases uncertainties about the recovery of global demand. US unemployment claims jumped to 744,000 claims in the past week, compared to an expectation of 694,000 claims. Attention also to a shootout that took place recently in an industrial park in Bryan, Texas. Despite this, the Information and Energy Administration (EIA, in English) reported yesterday (07) that US oil stocks fell 3.522 million barrels in the week ended April 2. The volume was much better than the forecast of a fall of 1.436 million barrels in the previous week and a forecast of a decline of 876 thousand barrels.
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