ST: Commodities daily update: precious metals, base metals, crude oil
- Euro zone economic sentiment rose unexpectedly in September and consumer inflation expectations eased, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to continued economic recovery in the third quarter.
- Sterlite Industries, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources has shut its coppersmelter unit in south India following an Indian high court order, a company spokesman said on Wednesday
- U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell slightly last week on lower imports as seasonal refinery maintenance slowed demand, an expanded Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday.
- OPEC crude oil supply has fallen so far this month to the lowest level since November 2009 due to reduced output from Angola and smaller declines in the United Arab Emirates and Iran, a Reuters survey showed on Tuesday.
- U.S. gasoline demand averaged 8.978 million barrels per day, down from 9.006 million bpd the previous week, the SpendingPulse report said. Demand was down 2.1 percent from the same week last year.
