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Crude oil fell about 5.2% to $58.22 after a bearish EIA report showed crude inventory builds, unusual for late May. Gasoline and diesel also fell sharply, with diesel down 7.7 cents.
Refinery utilization dipped with Gulf Coast rain outages and unplanned downtime at BP Whiting.
Larger-than-seasonal inventory builds signal weaker near-term demand relative to supply, pressuring crude and diesel prices and reducing energy costs for the feed supply chain.
mansfield.energyAlan ApthorpMay 23, 2019After 171 past bearish report events, WTI moved a median -1.5% over 5 sessions (37% higher; middle half -4.8% to +1.9%), and -0.9% over 20.
After 86 past bearish report events, DIESEL moved a median -0.9% over 5 sessions (37% higher; middle half -4.3% to +0.9%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Bearish EIA data showing crude builds drove a roughly 5% fall, a supply-side driver of the drop.
May 23 bearish EIA crude build sent crude down ~5% and diesel futures down 7.7 cents, falling inside the five-day window ending June 2 and driving part of the drop.
