NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - U.S. cash crude differentialsfell broadly on Thursday with Light Louisiana Sweet crude andsour Mars crude hitting three-year lows as buying interest wanedin the market, traders said.
Light Louisiana Sweet
The market for light sweet oil in the U.S. Gulf Coast iswitnessing a structural change due to pipeline additions.Traders are awaiting the start of Royal Dutch Shell's Houston-to-Houma (Ho-Ho) pipeline, which will bring light Texascrude to Louisiana when it comes online at the end of this year.
October Mars
West Texas Intermediate crude
In the futures market, Brent crude rose $1.13 to settle at$112.63 a barrel and U.S. October futures settled $1.04 higherat $108.60 a barrel.
U.S. crude futures' discount against European Brent, hit a high of $4.46 earlier in the day but ended $4.03a barrel at settlement.