Crude oil is trading today at 75.44.
Crude oil futures traded higher on Thursday morning following a huge decline in crude oil inventories in the US. In addition, the People's Bank of China decided to reduce banks’ reserve ratio to support its economy.
Weekly petroleum status report by the US EIA (Energy Information Administration) showed a huge decline in the crude oil inventories for the week ending January 19.
According to EIA, US commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 9.2 million barrels from the previous week. At 420.7 million barrels, US crude oil inventories were about 5 per cent below the five-year average for this time of year. Market was expecting crude oil inventories to decline by 2.15 million barrels for the week ending January 19.