Crude oil futures tracked upwards in the European morning session Wednesday following a stronger than expected draw in US crude stocks and with the market continuing to focus on the US sanctions against Iran coming back into force in November. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now At 0920 GMT, ICE October Brent crude futures were up 69 cents from Wednesday’s settle to $73.32/b, while the NYMEX October light sweet crude contract gained 55 cents to $66.39/b. The WTI contract rolled to October on Tuesday. “The [American Petroleum Institute] inventory data published after close of trading [Tuesday] are lending buoyancy to prices this morning,” analysts at Commerzbank said in a note Wednesday. “Thus the official inventory data this afternoon [by the US Energy Information Administration] are also likely to show a more marked inventory reduction, which would see the zigzag course followed […]