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title: "API Weekly Crude Oil Stock: -4.93M · Oct 20, 2026"
description: "US data, Oct 20, 2026: actual -4.93M, forecast -1.30M, previous -11.10M · BELOW FORECAST. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
source: Helious
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Economic release
              20 Oct 2026, 20:40 UTC



# API Weekly Crude Oil Stock: -4.93M




           Actual-4.93M
           Forecast-1.30M
           Previous-11.10M

               Surprise
               -1.21σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds NEUTRAL · Equities NEUTRAL


            API Weekly Crude Oil Stock: Actual -4.93M, forecast -1.30M, prev -11.10M. Surprise: BELOW FORECAST by 1.2 sigma. Desk read: Bonds NEUTRAL · Equities NEUTRAL.






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