WTI has been choppy on Thursday, swinging between the $112s and upper $116s as traders weigh various themes.Traders continue to fret about Russian supply disruptions due to Western sanctions as US/Iran talks falter. Oil markets have seen volatile trade thus far this Thursday, with traders juggling a multitude of themes. …
Read More »USD/CAD Cannot Stop 8-Day Losses
The Canadian dollar keeps rallying versus its American counterpart, as it slid 0.27%. A mixed market mood keeps the CAD in the driver’s seat amid a firm US dollar. USD/CAD Price Forecast: Downward biased, threatening to break below 1.2450.The USD/CAD pair post modest losses as Thursday North American session kicks …
Read More »Oil prices fall on hopes for Iran nuclear deal, supply concerns persist
On Thursday, oil prices fell in volatile trade as investors assessed the possibility of fresh supplies in markets with tight oil supplies amid hopes of a new nuclear deal with Iran. Brent crude futures fell 58 cents, or 0.48 percent, to $ 121.02 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate crude …
Read More »USD/CAD Remains Firm Amid Russia – Ukraine’s Concerns
The Canadian dollar remains firm versus the American counterpart, with the USD/CAD down 0.37% in the week.Russia/Ukraine woes and US central bank hawkishness could not stop CAD bulls from extending USD/CAD losses. USD/CAD drop extends to seven straight days amid a risk-off market mood in the equity markets, which has …
Read More »WTI touches fresh weekly highs around $114.00
The oil bulls remain in control with WTI up more than $5.0 on the day in the $114.00 area. WTI has now recovered more than 50% of its pullback from multi-year highs near $130 to $93 earlier this month. Traders have cited a major Russian pipeline outage, a bullish US …
Read More »Oil rises in turbulent trading after Caspian Sea pipeline disruption
Oil prices rose in volatile trading on Wednesday due to disruptions in crude exports from Russia and Kazakhstan via the Caspian Sea pipeline. The price of Brent crude futures rose $3.13, or 2.7 percent, to record $118.61 a barrel. The price had fallen earlier to 114.45 dollars a barrel. The …
Read More »Oil prices drop below $114 as EU split over Russian oil embargo
Oil prices fell below $114 a barrel on Tuesday, giving up part of their 7 percent gains on Monday, as European Union member states split over a possible ban on Russian oil, but persistent supply risks limited prices. The bloc’s foreign ministers were divided over whether to join the United …
Read More »WTI Rallies To $110 As EU Ponders Russia Oil Embargo
The bulls are firmly back in control of global oil markets following a series of bullish catalysts over the weekend which has sent the front-month WTI future as nearly $5.0 higher on the session to test the $110 per barrel area. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rumbles on and …
Read More »Weekly Recap 14-18 March 2022
There have been a lot of moving events during the past week, most notably the monetary policy decisions of the Fed and the Bank of England. Those decisions, which reflected a clear shift in the direction of monetary policy, led to a change in the price movement. The US Federal …
Read More »Baker Hughes: US oil rigs down despite $100 prices
US energy firms this week reduced the number of oil rigs active in the United States even as crude prices continued to trade over $100 a barrel after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stoked global energy supply concerns.That was the second decline for the oil rig count in three weeks after …
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