Key Currency Exchange Rates for Friday, 7/05/24

National Average Price for Regular Unleaded Current: $4.255; Month Ago: $4.868; Year Ago: $3.166. National Average Price for Diesel Current: $5.319; Month Ago: $5.780; Year Ago: $3.276.

American Dollar to Canadian Dollar = 0.787113; American Dollar to Chinese Yuan = 0.156805; American Dollar to Euro = 1.131219; American Dollar to Japanese Yen = 0.008636; American Dollar to Mexican Peso = 0.048909.

Futures in New York rose 2.9 percent on Wednesday. An Energy Information Administration report showed shrinking American petroleum surpluses and the first crude withdrawal from the largest U.S. storage complex in six weeks. The U.S. draw-downs underlined optimism that an OPEC-led effort to curb global supplies will be reinforced later this week when the cartel and allied producers gather in Saudi Arabia. The EIA reported U.S. crude stockpiles dropped 1.07 million barrels last week, while supplies at the Cushing, Oklahoma, pipeline hub dropped by 1.12 million. Gasoline supplies fell 2.97 million barrels and distillate stocks slid 3.11 million barrels to the lowest level since November. Click Read More below for additional information.