Oil below $84

Oil prices turned mixed in Asian trade Thursday after a report showed weaker demand in the United States, the world's largest energy-consuming nation, analysts said.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, dropped 16 cents to 83.52 dollars a barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for June was up two cents at 85.72 dollars.
The US Department of Energy (DoE) announced Wednesday that American crude reserves increased 1.9 million barrels in the week ending April 16. This was against market expectations for a drop of 200,000 barrels.