Key Currency Exchange Rates for Friday, 10/4/24

American Dollar to Canadian Dollar = 0.798801; American Dollar to Chinese Yuan = 0.157767; American Dollar to Euro = 1.134769; American Dollar to Japanese Yen = 0.008787; American Dollar to Mexican Peso = 0.048892.

Futures rose 0.5 percent in New York after slipping a second session Tuesday. Inventories dropped by 9.2 million barrels last week, the American Petroleum Institute was said to report. If that is replicated in government data Wednesday, it would be the largest drop in almost a year. Output from Libya is rebounding as its biggest field boosts production and a port reopens. OPEC won’t clear the global glut any time soon since any increase in price continues to bolster rival production from U.S. shale, according to the International Energy Agency. Click Read More below for additional detail.

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