International oil prices fell 0.56% on Thursday 76 US dollars resistance

International oil prices edged down slightly by 0.56% on Thursday. Good news from various local economic data stimulated the price of oil to rise sharply, but it fell back to green after failing to break the $76 mark.

New York Mercantile Exchange, October crude oil futures settled at $74.25 a barrel, down $0.42, or 0.56%; London Brent crude futures settled at $77.47, down $0.7.

The data show that in August, the unemployment rate in Australia fell by 0.2% to 5.1%, while the number of jobless claims in the United States decreased by 27,000 in the week of September 4, while the trade deficit in July decreased by 14% to US$42.78 billion. market expectation. In addition, EIA data show that the United States reduced crude oil inventories by 1.85 million barrels in the week of September 4, forming a certain support for oil prices.