Oil prices plummeted 3-7% yesterday, US exchanges closed in the red

Oil on Wednesday evening fell sharply by 3 - 7% amid data by reserves published by the Ministry of Energy. Today at 10:52 she traded in different directions - Brent was down 0.76% to $ 27.48, WTI correctively rose 0.3% to $ 19.93. Inventory growth in the United States over the past week is almost 4 times exceeded the expected figures. According to the Ministry of Energy's report, they increased by 19.5 million barrels, while analysts expected this indicator at the level of 5.3 million. Major US stock indexes completed yesterday's trading session with a fall, helped by weak corporate reporting and record low economic statistics. Profit Goldman Sachs, BoA and Citigroup declined in the first quarter repeatedly. Retail sales fell by 8.7%, analysts expected 8%. Industrial production in the specified period decreased by a record amount since 1946 - 5.4% (the forecast was 4%).