The official report issued by the US Energy Information Administration issued yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, in the American session, showed that US crude oil stocks fell for the third week in a row by 5.2 million barrels in the last week ending on the fourth of June, to reach 474 million barrels, compared to Expectations indicated a rise to 4. million barrels. In details, gasoline stocks rose by 7 million barrels to reach 241 million barrels, compared to analysts’ expectations, which indicated a rise by about 698 thousand barrels, while distillate stocks, which include heating and diesel fuels, rose by 4.4 million barrels, compared to expectations that indicated their decline to 1.4 million barrels. The markets are awaiting the monthly OPEC report, which will be issued today, Thursday, for the month of May, which will discuss the main issues related to the oil markets and its future expectations for price developments for the coming period. Brent crude is trading at levels of $71.79 a barrel, down by 0.60% this morning, while US crude (NYMEX) is trading down by about 0.57% at levels of $69 a barrel.