Oil
decreased for the third time in four days as ministers from the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries arrive in Vienna to
discuss production policy.
Crude
fell as much as 4.2 percent in New York amid a broad commodity slump.
Prices briefly rose after the Iranian Oil Ministry’s Shana news agency
said a majority of OPEC members agree on an output cut, with the
exception of Saudi Arabia and Gulf Arab countries. U.S. crude supplies
increased to 489.4 million barrels last week, the most for this time of
year since 1930, government data show.
West
Texas Intermediate crude for January delivery dropped $1.43, or 3.4
percent, to $40.42 a barrel at 12:46 p.m. on the New York Mercantile
Exchange. Total volume was 22 percent above the 100-day average.
Brent
for January settlement slipped $1.43, or 3.2 percent, to $43.01 a
barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European
benchmark crude traded at a $2.59 premium to WTI.
Source: Bloomberg
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