Oil prices rose on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session’s losses, with traders focusing on Saudi Arabia and Russia cutting production and anticipating economic data that may help ascertain the demand for crude. Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $78 a barrel by 0050 GMT, …
Read More »2023’s commodities decline could stabilize in H2
Citibank analysts say commodities have underperformed other asset classes so far this year, but the decline may be coming to an end. The Bloomberg Commodity Index is down 9.3% since the start of the year, while equities, government bonds and corporate bonds are up. The Bloomberg Commodity Index posted a …
Read More »Oil eases on China, U.S. data, but OPEC+ cuts limit fall
Monday saw a decline in oil prices following disappointing economic statistics from the two largest users, the United States and China, although losses were contained by anticipated cuts in Saudi Arabian and Russian crude supplies. By 1005 GMT, West Texas Intermediate crude in the United States was down 40 cents, …
Read More »Oil is falling before the announcement of US and Chinese data and OPEC + cuts support the market
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Monday as investors were cautious ahead of new economic data from the United States and China this week, while expected cuts in crude production from Saudi Arabia and Russia supported the market. By 0107 GMT, Brent crude futures were down 22 cents, …
Read More »US Is Buying M6 Barrels of Crude Oil for Emergency Reserve
President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday it’s purchasing 6 million more barrels of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as it continues to slowly refill the emergency stockpile. The purchases, scheduled for October and November, come as the nation’s oil reserve is at its lowest point in 40 years …
Read More »Saudi Aramco announces an increase in the official selling price of oil
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it will raise the selling prices of its crude oil to most of its customers in Asia during the month of August, for the second month in a row, after announcing at the beginning of this week the extension of the …
Read More »Oil maintains positive stability 7/7/2023
Mixed movements in both directions dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, heading to visit the first target of 72.10, recording a high of 72.13, after it managed to breach the main resistance mentioned during the previous report at 71.55. Technically, we are positive depending on the positive …
Read More »Oil is trying to hold above the resistance 6/7/2023
Mixed movements in both directions dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, heading to visit the first target 72.10, recording a high of 72.13, after it managed to breach the main resistance mentioned during the previous report at 71.55. Technically, we are positive depending on the positive impulse …
Read More »Oil prices are falling under the weight of fears of a global economic slowdown
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, erasing gains from the previous session, as fears of a global economic slowdown curbing fuel demand outweighed expectations of further supply cuts due to production cuts announced by Saudi Arabia and Russia for August. Brent crude fell 14 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $76.11 a …
Read More »Oil is waiting to break through the resistance 5/7/2023
US crude oil futures prices witnessed a cautiously upward trend, recording its highest level during the previous trading session at around $71.32 per barrel. Technically, we are positive depending on the positive impulse coming from the simple moving averages that have returned to hold the price from below, and this …
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