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Oil prices fall on US inventory build, increasing coronavirus fears

Industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) reported US crude inventories rose last week by 7.5 million barrels compared with expectations for a draw of 2.1 million

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Brent crude fell 32 cents, or 0.7%, to $44 a barrel by 0156 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 33 cents, or 0.8%, to $41.59.

Jessica Jaganathan | Reuters Singapore

Oil prices fell on Wednesday as industry data showed a bigger- than-expected inventory build in the United States where coronavirus cases continue to climb, potentially further denting demand in the world's biggest oil consumer.

In his first briefing in months focused on the pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the outbreak would probably get worse before it gets better, one of his first recent acknowledgements of the spread of the problem.

Industry group American Petroleum Institute (API) reported US crude inventories rose last week by 7.5 million barrels compared with expectations for a draw of 2.1 million.
 

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