| Oil prices declined Wednesday after data showed that crude-oil supplies shrank last week but inventories of refined products rose. Light, sweet crude for August delivery settled down 74 cents, or 1.2%, to $60.27 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, fell 96 cents, or 1.5%, to $63.49 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
U.S. oil prices have gained 13% this year on expectations that the global glut of crude oil is due to shrink. U.S. commercial crude-oil supplies fell by 4.9 million barrels in the week ended June 19, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday...............................................Full Article: Source
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