Oil Eases But Remains Near $104 a Barrel
The price of oil drifted lower Thursday, a day after hitting a one-month high.
Benchmark U.S. crude for July delivery fell 33 cents to close at $103.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, oil gained $1.74 to close at $104.07.
Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, slipped 19 cents to $110.36 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
The U.S. oil price hit a one-month high Wednesday after a report from the Energy Information Administration showed that U.S. crude-oil supplies dropped 7.2 million barrels in the week ended May 16. The drop was bigger than analysts had expected and due mostly to lower crude imports.
At the gas pump, the average price for a gallon of gas edged up to $3.65. That’s down 2 cents from a month ago and 1 cent less than at this time last year.
In other energy-futures trading in New York:
– Wholesale gasoline gained 1 cent to $3.01 a gallon.
– Natural gas dropped 11 cents to $4.44 per 1,000 cubic feet.
– Heating oil was flat at $2.95 a gallon.
This article appeared in print in edition of Hamodia.
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