Crude oil futures slide on US stock build, concerns over pandemic deepen

Singapore —
0303 GMT: Crude oil futures fell during mid-morning Asian trade April 22 following the latest release of the US Energy Information Administration's weekly statistics, which was a mixed bag, and as sentiment slumped on pandemic-induced demand concerns after India reported record high COVID-19 infections.
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At 11:03 am Singapore time (00303 GMT), the ICE Brent June contract was down 28 cents/b (0.42%) from the April 21 settle at $65.04/b, while the June NYMEX light sweet crude contract was 30 cents/b (0.49%) lower at $61.05/b.
EIA data released late April 21 showed that commercial crude stocks had climbed 600,000 barrels to 493.02 million barrels in the week ended April 16. The build came as a surprise to analysts, who had expected inventories to fall by 4.4 million barrels instead, according to an S&P Global Platts survey.

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