In the US session Crude Oil figures were released. U.S. crude inventories USOILC=ECI fell 6.5 million barrels last week, government data showed, steeper than the expected decrease of 2.7 million barrels. Refiners processed nearly 17.6 million barrels of crude, surpassing a record set in May and the most for any week since the U.S. Department of Energy started keeping data in 1982. The data showed gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI, rose by 3.4 million barrels, confounding expectations in a Reuters poll for a drop of 1.5 million barrels. Gasoline futures RBc1 fell about 1 percent to the lowest in nearly two weeks.
Tomorrow's session will bring UK Industrial Production data. Incline by 0.1% is forecasted. In the US session PPI and Unemployment Claims figures will be published. Analysts anticipate increase by 0.1% in PPI, while Unemployment Claims should remain unchanged at 240,000.
Figures to watch:
PPI (Thursday 14:30)
Unemployment Claims (Thursday 14:30)