Several oil drilling and production companies rose on
the latest oil stockpiles figures, pushing the S&P 500's energy sector 1.7 percent higher.
Not exact matches
Investors will scour weekly
oil inventory statistics from the Energy Information Administration
later on Thursday after industry data showed a rise of 2.1 million barrels in crude
stockpiles last week.
TOKYO (Reuters)--
Oil prices rose on Thursday, holding onto a
late - session rally the previous day, buoyed by the U.S. government data showing a surprise drawdown in crude
stockpiles.