WTI is seeing some back-and-forth for Friday. US Crude Oil barrels bounding between $85.00 and $83.00 per barrel. Oil markets remain concerned about Middle East tensions, but global slowdown hard to ignore.Crude Oil barrels are seeing some tension in the midrange on Friday, in play between $85.00 and $83.00 USD …
Read More »Oil Prices Fluctuate on Continued Middle Eastern Turmoil
Fears and concerns that the unrest in the Middle East could spread to the larger Gulf region, which produces oil and endanger world output, have driven up oil prices before retreating on Tuesday. The price of the worldwide standard for crude oil, Brent, increased by about 5% on Monday during …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, October 2-6
Following a significant spike in T-bond yields, the market has momentarily stabilized, but Americans continue to borrow heavily despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s 18-month efforts to alter their borrowing and spending habit.Middle East tensions could boost gold, US dollarTensions in Palestine are causing investors to seek safe-haven assets and monitor …
Read More »Oil prices extend uptrend ahead of US CPI data
An optimistic prognosis for oil consumption and a tighter supply have caused the WTI crude price to rise to $88.40. Global oil production is expected to increase to 101.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2023 and 102.9 million bpd in 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration.According to …
Read More »WTI ignores hawkish signals, rebounds ahead of Powell’s speech
The WTI crude oil is climbing to $79.05 per barrel, up 0.20%, at the time of writing, as hawkish signals by Fed officials initially dent but later fail to suppress oil prices.Iran announces plans to ramp up crude oil production to 3.4 million bpd by the end of September. The …
Read More »BRICS leaders in Johannesburg challenge Western dominance
Financial markets are now focused on the beginning of the three-day BRICS meeting in South Africa. To begin the three-day BRICS summit, leaders and senior officials from five of the largest rising economies in the world met in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa make up …
Read More »Global economic concerns, pessimistic outlook drag WTI lower
WTI crude oil prices have been affected by global economic concerns and a pessimistic outlook. Goldman Sachs has revised its forecast for WTI crude oil from $89 a barrel to $81 by the end of the year due to expectations of increased oil supplies from Russia and Iran. This downward …
Read More »WTI retreats on reportedly looming US-Iran nuclear deal
WTI, the US crude oil benchmark, dropped sharply during Thursday’s US trading session due to an “unconfirmed” report that the United States and Iran may be closer to a temporary nuclear deal, which could unblock sanctions imposed by the US on Iran oil exports. At the time of writing the …
Read More »What Critical Data Does Mid-February Bring To Energy Market?
The White House’s unsuccessful attempt to cancel the fiscal year 2023 sale of 26 million barrels of crude kept in US strategic petroleum stocks has provided an unexpected downside for oil price this week, with the ICE Brent-WTI spread widening further to $6.5 per barrel. On the other side, OPEC’s …
Read More »WTI nosedives to new eight-month-lows, below $79 per barrel
WTI, drops below $80.00 per barrel on Friday, while the US Dollar remains buoyant as the US Dollar Index rises to levels last seen on May 2002, a headwind for the US dollar-denominated commodity. Therefore, WTI is trading at $78.80, below its opening price by almost 6%, after hitting a …
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