Oil drops as investors consider surprise build

Oil was falling Wednesday morning in Asia, with investors considering a surprise build in U.S. crude oil supplies and proceeding to evaluate the impact of rising coronavirus cases on fuel demand.

Brent oil futures were declining by0.46% to $69.03 by 1:38 AM ET (5:38 AM GMT), and WTI futures dropped approximately 0.51% to $66.86.

U.S. crude oil supply data from the American Petroleum Institute published on Tuesday revealed a build of 806,000 barrels for the week ended Jul. 16.

Estimates provided by Investing.com had foretold a draw of 4.167 million barrels, while a 4.079-million-barrel interest was reported throughout the previous week.

Should the build be established in crude oil supply data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, it would be the first after May set later in the day.

Oil on a descending trend

Oil has been on a descending trend ever after running its highest levels after 2014, earlier in the month. The number of coronavirus cases involving the Delta variant has risen globally. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and partners (OPEC+) resolutions of its conflict means improved production from August 2021 onwards.

This affected Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) to suggest oil will “gyrate” and drive back estimates for a rally to $80 a barrel.

Some investors endured carefully optimistic, nevertheless.

The damage to re-openings from the Delta variant has marked sentiment over the board when we study commodities in general. Nevertheless, especially to the oil markets. However, we would assume that the oil demand continues to remain comparatively robust. And we would consider it to proceed to recover, UBS AG Wealth Management strategist Wayne Gordon informed Bloomberg.

The black liquid’s losses were a member of a widespread vulnerability over commodities, with gasoline, copper, and iron ore reporting losses. The dollar, though, inched up on Wednesday, causing commodities priced in the currency more costly.