"It has been a volatile couple of days but this morning it is very quiet but the market is capable flicking one way or the other so quickly these days."
Said one London-based broker Wednesday morning ahead of the US stocks data due to be released later in the day by the Energy Information Administration and American Petroleum Institute.

 
"People are anticipating another build in gasoline and if it happens then that will drive the market for the rest of the day".
Said a trader Wednesday morning ahead of the US stocks data due to be released later in the day by the Energy Information Administration and American Petroleum Institute.
 
--"...[I]'m expecting draws this week - corrections, essentially - noise rather than signal, but it could still spook the market higher."
Deborah White, energy analyst at Societe Generale, said in a note in anticipation of a 1.2 million barrel draw in commercial crude stocks in the US stocks data due to be released later in the day by the Energy Information Administration and American Petroleum Institute

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