Headlines Higher U.S. inventories stop crude gains Stronger dollar puts lid on gold price Concerns over outlook for global economic recovery weight on base metals Brent and Distillates On Wednesday after a few day’s rally crude lost as dollar strengthened and U.S. crude inventories gained. This morning oil was steady as rising crude inventories in the U.S. signalled that a rebound in U.S. economic activity was failing to translate into higher demand. U.S. crude stocks rose 2.3 mln.b last week,
