Oil drops on surprise U.S. stock build, Trump threat to stimulus bill | Reuters
Oil prices dropped more than 1% on Wednesday after an industry report showed an unexpected rise in U.S. crude oil inventories, and President Donald Trump rattled markets by threatening not to sign a long-awaited U.S. COVID-19 relief bill.
Brent crude futures fell 71 cents, or 1.4%, to $49.37 a barrel at 0646 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slid 67 cents, or 1.4%, to $46.35 a barrel. Both contracts fell nearly 2% on Tuesday, already a second straight session of declines.
As well as doubts on the U.S. situation, the oil market remains jittery about the future recovery of demand as a new, highly infectious strain of the novel coronavirus has hit Britain, prompting much of the world to shut its borders to the country.
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