Monday, June 18, 2007

Crude Oil Climbs to Nine-Month High on U.S. Gasoline Inventory Concerns

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a nine-month high
in New York on concern that U.S. refiners aren't keeping up with
increased gasoline demand.

U.S. gasoline supplies in the week ended June 8 were 5.2
percent below the five-year average for the period, the Energy
Department said last week. Crude-oil prices often follow gasoline
during the driving season, which lasts from Memorial Day weekend
in late May to Labor Day in early September.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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