Off the wire
• UN delivers food to 114,000 people since famine declared in South Sudan  • UN agency urges people to "make noise" against AIDS discrimination  • Brutal fighting in Aleppo causing unparalleled suffering for civilians: UN report  • Number of people displaced by fighting in Mosul continues to rise, UN says  • Iran urges political solution to regional conflicts  • PVV leader Wilders resumes public campaign after security scare  • U.S. dollar rises against most major currencies  • Zimbabwe tax agency owed over 2 billion dollars in unpaid taxes  • Germany's FM expresses reservations against "multi-speed" Europe  • Number of homes in Britain with nobody working exceeds 3 mln  
You are here: 　 Home

Oil prices fall on rising U.S. inventories

Xinhua, March 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Oil prices dropped on Wednesday as U.S. crude inventories rose for the eighth straight week.

The West Texas Intermediate for April Delivery erased 0.18 U.S. dollars to settle at 53.83 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for May delivery decreased 0.15 dollars to close at 56.36 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Endit