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Oil prices surged about 4% on Friday, boosted by real as well as threatened cuts to supply, although futures posted a second weekly decline as aggressive interest rate hikes and China’s COVID-19 curbs weighed on the demand outlook.Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to halt oil and gas exports to …

Oil prices rose on Friday, boosted by investor interest in Russia’s threat to halt oil and gas exports to some buyers, but crude is set for a second weekly decline as demand is affected by large interest rate increases by central banks and the impact of coronavirus-related restrictions in China. …

Negative trading dominated the US crude oil futures prices within the expected bullish track, to settle for recording its lowest level near the 81.00 barrier. Technically, the current oil movements are witnessing a bullish tendency, benefiting from stability above the mentioned support level and the attempt for intraday stability above …

Oil prices fell on Thursday, after recording sharp losses in the previous session, as the extension of China’s closure measures to curb the spread of the Coronavirus exacerbated fears of a slowdown in global economic activity, which is hurting demand. Brent crude futures lost 40 cents, or 0.4 percent, to …

As we expected, American crude oil prices incurred heavy losses during the previous trading session, heading to touch the awaited descending official target at 83.00, to record its lowest level at 81.51. Technically, with the negative pressure of the simple moving averages that support the bearish price curve and confirming …

The US dollar was able to maintain its strong stance throughout the first half of the day, but later, the dollar had to retreat along with the sliding T-yields during the US trading session.Gold fell to touch intraday low of $1,691.32 per troy ounce but managed to recover towards the …

The growth of Chinese exports slowed down in August to post 7.1% on an annual basis from a growth of 18% recorded in July, compared to expectations of a growth of 12.8%, at a time when the Corona pandemic is still casting a shadow on Chinese cities and factories located …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday on the back of Russian threats to withdraw from energy supply contracts, reversing losses incurred earlier in the session when they fell to their lowest levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Brent crude futures rose 85 cents, or 0.92 percent, to $93.68 a barrel by …

US crude oil futures prices declined yesterday, nullifying the expected positive outlook, in which we depended on the stability of intraday trading above the 88.00 level, touching the stop-loss order published in the previous analysis at 87.80. We made it clear that breaking the mentioned level puts the oil price …

Oil prices fell on Tuesday after a two-day rally, as concerns returned over weak demand and the possibility of raising interest rates, as crude gave up the support it got from the first cut in production targets announced by OPEC + since 2020. New closures to curb the outbreak of …