United States Oil Fund LP (USO) $111.21 -1.05%
The US Oil Fund (USO) is down $1.00 to $111.39 a share heading into weekly crude oil inventory data, due out at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. The USO is now down 6.5 percent since its highs on Thursday due, in large part, to yesterday’s big decline in crude oil prices. Today, crude is down $1.05 to $137.69 ahead of the numbers. Analysts expect the report to show crude oil stockpiles with a draw of 2200K barrels for the week ended July 11. Distillates are expected to have a build of 2100K and gasoline a draw of 150K. In the options market, sentiment is mixed, with 6400 USO puts and 5,200 calls traded in the first thirty minutes.
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