After United States Services PMI, WTI crude trades at $78.15

After closing the previous trading day at $77.37, Crude Oil is up to $78.15 per barrel, which makes for a move of 1%/78 cents today.

• WTI crude oil is currently trading at $78.15 following the release of Services PMI data from the United States.
• In contrast to today's gains, WTI crude has been on an 8 day bearish trend during which it lost $5.9 of its value.

United States Existing Home Sales (Mar) came out at 4.44 million, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 4.5 million. United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Apr) released yesterday at 12:30 UTC with a figure of -31.3, while the previous figure was -23.2.

Having closed the previous session at $81.1, Brent Crude Oil is up 0.94% today to currently trade at around $81.86. Having closed the previous session at $2.49, Heating Oil is up 0.88% today to currently trade at around $2.52.

WTI crude has fallen back around 36.63% over the past 10 months, from a notable high of $122.09.