Interviewed by Dubai TV on Monday, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and the member of the US Association of Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in the global financial markets on the first day of this trading week. (I) ChinaAsked how the news …
Read More »Expected Chinese Rising Demand Pushes Oil prices Higher
According to the International Energy Agency, lifting COVID-19 restrictions in China is expected to increase global oil demand to a record high this year.WTI crude oil futures edged higher on Friday, putting the market in a position to post a second straight weekly gain. The catalysts triggering this price action …
Read More »OPEC praises Libya’s role in global oil market
OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais has congratulated the Libyan people on the 71st anniversary of the national Independence Day. Al-Ghais stated that OPEC has benefited from Libya’s contribution during the past years, since the signing of the cooperation agreement in 2016, as well as by combating the Corona virus 2020. He …
Read More »Oil’s gains on China COVID hopes impacted by OPEC+ output concerns
Oil prices surged on Tuesday on expectations that China’s strict COVID-19 controls could be eased, but concerns that OPEC+ would keep its output unchanged at its upcoming meeting limited the trading day’s gains.Brent crude futures settled at $84.84 per barrel versus the previous closing price $83.21. WTI crude oil futures …
Read More »Oil rises as the dollar declines, but the demand outlook casts a shadow
Oil prices rose Friday, November 18, with the decline of the dollar, but they are heading towards incurring weekly losses due to expectations that the pace of the sharp rise in US interest rates will not ease, as well as expectations of weak demand from China, the largest importer of …
Read More »Oil declines on Druzhba pipeline resumption, COVID concerns
On Wednesday, oil prices settled more than one US dollar lower after Russian oil shipments via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary resumed operation and rising COVID-19 cases in China weighed on investors’ sentiment.Contracts to deliver West Texas Intermediate crude in December closed at their lowest price since October 25, according …
Read More »Anti-OPEC Trend Could Shock Oil Markets
As early as the beginning of 2022, the-then Italian PM Mario Draghi suggested a dangerous idea that large oil buyers could form a new club or sort of forum together and challenge OPEC+. The idea did not take further steps into reality because one obvious problem could not be ignored, …
Read More »WTI edges up around $85.00 on expected robust demand
WTI tends to finish Friday’s trading session with flat performance, as Wall Street ended the day with substantial gains amid hopes that Fed could be less hawkish, as mentioned by Fed officials debating to slow the pace of rate increases following November’s meeting. At the time of writing, WTI is …
Read More »U.S. bill pressuring OPEC+ after oil production cut gains momentum
Top U.S. senators from both parties on Thursday gave momentum to a bill pressuring OPEC+ after the group announced a deep cut in oil production this week despite lobbying by President Joe Biden’s administration to keep the taps open. The so-called No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) bill gained …
Read More »OPEC+ agree to cut oil production to boost sliding prices
OPEC + decided to cut production by two million barrels per day during the meeting that ended a while ago in Vienna. According to the news, the reduction will take effect next November. Oil prices reversed their downward trend after the OPEC + decision was issued, to start recording increases …
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