** Shares of Canadian oil producer Imperial Oil IMO.TO
fall 1.4% to C$101.93
** Co posts fall in fourth-quarter profit due to lower crude
prices
** IMO's Q4 net income fell to C$1.23 billion, or C$2.37 per
share, from C$1.37 billion, or C$2.47, a year ago
** Says it realized $70.30 per barrel of oil produced in Q4,
compared with $78.54 per barrel a year ago
** Stock further pressured by downward decline in crude
prices O/R
** However, IMO's production and throughput volumes
increased in Q4 by 1.8% and ~1%, respectively
** IMO shares rose 17.4% in 2024
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))