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Read More »Oil: bleeding losses continue/10/2023
US crude oil prices continue to fall amid intense selling operations within the strong downward trend expected during the previous technical report, exceeding the first official target of 82.75, approaching by a few points from the second target of 82.00, recording its lowest level of $82.20 per barrel. Technically, the …
Read More »Oil prices rise after OPEC+ maintains production cuts
Oil prices rose in early trading on Thursday, compensating for part of the large losses incurred in the previous session after the OPEC+ Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee maintained oil production cuts, meaning a continued supply shortage amid fears of an imminent decline in global economic growth. Brent crude futures rose …
Read More »Oil suffers huge losses 5/10/2023
US crude oil futures prices continue to incur losses amid strong selling, as we expected, exceeding the bearish targets required to be achieved during the previous technical report at 86.60, recording its lowest level at $84.20 per barrel. Technically, by looking at the 4-hour time frame chart, we find the …
Read More »Oil fell amid fears of rising interest rates and ahead of an OPEC+ meeting
Oil prices fell on Wednesday ahead of a meeting of a committee of OPEC+ ministers as the market balanced expectations of supply shortages with fears that higher interest rates would reduce demand for oil. Brent crude futures fell six cents to $90.86 a barrel by 0345 GMT, while US West …
Read More »Oil is stable below resistance 4/10/2023
Mixed trading dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts to temporarily reverse the expected downward trend, indicating that the attempt to stabilize trading above 89.40 is leading oil prices to retest 90.40, recording its highest level of $89.23 per barrel. Technically, oil prices failed to maintain their trading …
Read More »Oil touches corrective targets 3/10/2023
Negative trading dominated the prices of US crude oil futures within the expected downward correction during the previous technical report, exceeding the required targets to reach the official target of 88.70, recording its lowest level of $87.80 per barrel. Technically, oil failed to maintain trading above 89.40. This previously broken …
Read More »Oil prices are rising as investors’ risk appetite grows
Oil prices rose on Monday, recouping some of their losses on Friday, as investors focused on expectations of tight global supply and a last-minute agreement to avoid a US government shutdown, which restored their risk appetite. By 0037 GMT, Brent crude futures for December rose 18 cents, or 0.2 percent, …
Read More »Oil touching the targets of the downward correction 2/10/2023
US crude oil futures prices achieved the bearish correction targets published during the previous technical report at 90.45, recording its lowest level at $90.40 per barrel. Technically, oil prices are pressing on the strong support floor 90.40, accompanied by continued negative pressure from the 50-day simple moving average and signs …
Read More »Canadian dollar tumbles on oil price, GDP missing estimates
The decline in crude oil prices on Friday has sent the Canadian dollar back to recent lows. Market forecasts for the Canadian GDP missed, and economic growth is seen as flat. As the Canadian dollar declines and the US dollar rises, the USD/CANADIAN DOLLAR crosses a new weekly high.On Friday, …
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