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A downward trend dominated the price movements of US crude oil futures contracts during the previous trading session, within the path of quiet trading, and now hovering below the support level of 76.50. Technically, the 50-day simple moving average still constitutes a negative pressure factor on the price from above …

US crude oil futures prices incurred significant losses by the end of last Friday’s trading week after dealers abandoned the long-term position, recording a low of $75.36 per barrel. Technically, we are negative depending on the stability of daily trading below the strong resistance level of 78.00, accompanied by the …

The week has got an obviously quiet beginning as the United States observes the President’s Day holiday. Economic Data The absence of macroeconomic releases helped majors to trade within tight intraday ranges. Liquidity is thin and the market sentiment is sour. Key Developments North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile …

Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Monday, “OPEC+ is flexible enough to change decisions whenever required.” Last week, Saudi Arabian Energy Minister said the current OPEC+ deal on oil output would be locked in until the end of the year, adding the oil group can’t increase …

The US dollar achieved strong gains in the last trading week, driven by a series of strong US economic data, with the markets increasing expectations that the US Federal Reserve will continue its tightening approach. In terms of weekly trading, the US dollar recorded a strong rise in today’s trading, …

US Treasury bond yields ended Friday’s trading in a bearish direction on weaker risk appetite after rising expectations of raising the federal interest rate based upon the latest US inflation readings. US Treasury bond yields for ten years fell to 3.821%, compared to the previous daily close of 3.862%.Last week’s …

The price of US crude oil futures witnessed mixed movements during the last trading session to start achieving the expected bearish scenario during the middle of yesterday’s session, touching the required target 77.30, to return to the bullish rebound to test the resistance level of 79.00. Technically, the price moved …

Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 16.3 million barrels for the week to February 10.This compared with a build of 2.4 million barrels for the previous week, extending a string of weekly builds, some of them quite sizeable, which …

Temporary negative movements regained control over the prices of US crude oil futures contracts, nullifying the expected bullish technical outlook during the previous report, in which we relied on the bullish technical pattern, in addition to the price’s stability above 78.30 at the time of the report’s release, to witness …

Positive movements dominated the prices of US crude oil futures contracts at the beginning of this week’s trading after it managed to build on the support of 78.30, to start its movements within an upward rebound, recording its highest level at 80.57. Technically, we find a bullish technical formation that …