WTI Futures Backwardation Widens to 8-Month High as Cushing Stocks Fall

The premium for front-month U.S. crude oil futures over the second-month contract widened to its highest since October on Wednesday, LSEG data showed, as stocks at the WTI delivery point, Cushing, Oklahoma, fell last week to a three-month low. The market structure called backwardation means investors can sell their oil at a higher price in … Read more