Oil prices little changed as ceasefire holds and US crude stocks fall
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MELBOURNE, May 6 : Oil was little changed at open on Wednesday morning after a volatile session on Tuesday with U.S. crude oil inventories falling for a third week in a row as the shaky Middle East ceasefire held.
U.S West Texas Intermediate was up 15 cents, or 0.15 per cent, to $102.42 per barrel as of 2251 GMT.
WTI closed down 3.9 per cent after the ceasefire held despite reported exchanges of fire, while Brent fell 4 per cent to close at $109.87.
U.S. crude oil inventories fell for the third straight week, while gasoline and distillate stocks also declined, market sources said, citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Tuesday.
Crude stocks fell by 8.1 million barrels in the week ended May 1, the sources said on condition of anonymity. Gasoline inventories fell by 6.1 million barrels, while distillate inventories fell by 4.6 million barrels compared to a week earlier, the sources said.
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