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macroAug 13, 2026, 7:15 PM

Crude Oil Slides After Largest US Inventory Build in 3.5 Years

US crude inventories posted their biggest weekly increase in three and a half years, pressuring oil prices even as two agencies described the physical market as short.

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US crude oil inventories recorded their largest weekly build in three and a half years on Wednesday, according to data landing during the session.

The increase hit a market that two forecasting agencies had described the same morning as physically short. Crude prices subsequently moved lower.

  • Weekly US crude stockpile build was the largest in 3.5 years
  • Two agencies had called the physical market short earlier that day
  • Oil prices sold off following the data

Source: FXStreet Forex News