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Oil slid more than 2% on rising US crude inventories

Oil slid more than 2% on rising US crude inventories



International benchmarks for crude oil fell sharply on Wednesday, 27 October 2021 after the Energy Information Agency (EIA) released a report showing a larger than expected pile up in US crude inventorieswhich encourage investor to unload their long positions. 

Brent loses $1.82 or 2.1% to close at $84.58/barrel. 

WTI settled down $1.99 or 2.4% at $82.66/barrel.