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, …
Read More »Oil is heading for a 2% weekly gain, supported by demand during the Chinese holiday
Oil prices are heading to record a weekly gain of about two percent after achieving some increase on Friday, as the impact of strong demand during a holiday in China and continued scarcity in the United States overshadowed expectations of possible increases in supplies from Saudi Arabia. Brent crude futures …
Read More »Oil may witness a temporary decline 29/9/2023
Negative trades dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts to reflect the upward trend temporarily as a result of the collision with the psychological barrier resistance level of 95.00, explaining during the previous technical report that sneaking below 93.00 leads oil prices to make some random downward movements …
Read More »Oil steals the spotlight and achieves strong gains 28/9/2023
US crude oil futures prices jumped to achieve strong gains after ending the downward correction referred to in the technical report for this week, returning within a strong upward trend as we expected, exceeding the official target of 93.30, recording its highest level of $95.00 per barrel. Technically, by looking …
Read More »Oil rises as markets focus on tight supplies
Oil prices rose in early trading on Wednesday, as markets focused on tight supplies ahead of winter and a “soft landing” for the US economy. By 0015 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $94.29 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 31 …
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