At 3:47 pm (Brasília time), Friday (22), WTI oil recorded losses of 1.22%, traded at US$ 52.48 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The session continues to reflect the unexpected growth of 4.351 million barrels in the United States oil stocks in the week ended on January 14, according to a report by the Information and Energy Administration (EIA). The result was well above the expected fall of 1.167m barrels and 3.247m barrels last week. Yesterday (22), the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported an increase of 2.562 thousand barrels in inventories in the period. In addition, the market continues the losses from the day before still fearing for deeper impacts of the coronavirus on the economy and global demand for oil. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 98.420 million people have already been infected by the disease and just over 2 million have died.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.