MW: Oil prices fall more than 1% as traders fret about U.S. crude stockpiles
Oil prices on Wednesday added to their drop for the week, as analysts blamed worries about rising U.S. supplies and doubts about OPEC’s production cuts.
May West Texas Intermediate crude CLK7, -1.47% fell 67 cents, or 1.4%, to $47.57 a barrel, while May Brent crude LCOK7, -1.53% gave up 73 cents, or 1.4%, to $50.23 a barrel.
“This puts Brent at its lowest level in nearly four months. WTI is trading only marginally above the 3½-month low recorded a week ago,” said Commerzbank analysts led by Carsten Fritsch in a note Wednesday.