Oil prices fell during trading today, Wednesday, amid the stability of the dollar against most of the major currencies, and crude gave up its previous gains, despite data showing a decline in US inventories.
And the Energy Information Administration announced today that crude stocks in America fell by 3.2 million barrels to 435.5 million barrels last week, while analysts expected a decrease of 1.2 million barrels.
Yesterday, the American Petroleum Institute revealed, in preliminary unofficial data, a decline in oil inventories by about 1.2 million barrels during the same period.
On the other hand, the dollar index - against a basket of major currencies - settled by 18:17 GMT at 93.1 points, and recorded the highest level at 93.2 points and the lowest level at 92.9 points.
In terms of trading, US "NYMEX" crude futures for September delivery by 18:14 GMT decreased by 1.5 percent to $65.5 a barrel.
Brent crude futures for October delivery fell 1% to $68.3 a barrel.
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