Oil prices extend gains as US draws heavily on stocks

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Both contracts jumped 2.5% on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed US crude stocks in the week to September 17 fell by 3.5-million barrels to 414-million barrels — the lowest since October 2018. The dollar, which usually has an inverse relationship with commodities prices including oil, eased slightly from a one-month high, after the US Federal Reserve set the stage for rate hikes next year but left enough breathing room to slow things down if necessary.

 

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