NYMEX Slows Acceleration after Yesterday's Spikes

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Today the NYMEX settled out much more reasonably than yesterday, with ULSD finishing off up .0192 to 1.908, and RBOB settled down 6 points to 1.9354. 

Yesterday was another story however, with prices shooting up on the lower than anticipated stock levels in this weeks EIA storage report. Crude was up over 3% shortly after the report, a little before 11am. At the close, ULSD ticked up .0871 to 1.8888 and RBOB shot up a solid dime to 1.936. 

In addition to the EIA report, there's been more grumblings on production cut backs from OPEC, although as usual the Saudi's are holding firm. The Saudi position is starting to seriously impact US production - hence the lower than anticipated numbers on the EIA's report, and the resultant market freak out. 

As of last week the US Crude inventories were at their 80 year high, so the reaction seems somewhat extreme. However, the actual numbers were about 30% of the projected increase so that obviously caused some concern about how hard the impact from another huge OPEC production month really is. Also, once again these events coincide with rumblings from the Fed on economic policy, specifically the interest rate level as well as continued problems in Yemen.

Deja vu all over again. 

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