Crude Oil Falls for Sixth Day on Concern Stockpiles Are Rising
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1) Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell for a sixth day in New York, its longest decline in a month, on speculation that slumping demand caused U.S. crude inventories to accumulate.
U.S. crude stockpiles probably gained 2.25 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 9, according to a Bloomberg survey before an Energy Department report tomorrow.
That would be the 14th gain in 16 weeks. The U.S. economy will contract 1.5 percent in 2009, a monthly poll of economists showed.
âThe U.S. inventory build-ups have been massive,â said Eugen Weinberg, a Commerzbank AG analyst in Frankfurt. âCoupled with weak economic data, they are keeping near-month prices under strong pressure.â
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China, the worldâs second-largest energy user after the U.S., increased crude-oil imports by 12 percent last month as the country took advantage of falling fuel purchase costs to boost stockpiles.
Imports rose to 14.37 million metric tons from a year earlier, the Beijing-based Customs General Administration of China said on its Web site today. Full-year imports increased 9.6 percent to 178.9 million tons.
3) Commodities Drop
Most commodities declined yesterday because of falling demand for raw materials, with corn, soybeans and wheat dropping the most allowed by the Chicago Board of Trade in a single day. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 commodities slid as much as 4 percent.
4) U.S. crude-oil and fuel inventories probably rose last week as refineries reduced operating rates and the recession curbed consumption, a Bloomberg News survey of analysts showed.
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Crude-oil stockpiles probably increased 2.25 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 9 from 325.4 million the week before, according to the median of eight analyst estimates before an Energy Department report this week.
Gasoline Stockpiles
Gasoline stockpiles probably rose 1.5 million barrels from 211.4 million, according to the survey. Supplies of distillate fuel, a category that includes heating oil and diesel, probably climbed 1.5 million barrels from 137.8 million.