However, spare capacity at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is running low, with most of the producers pumping at maximum capacity, and it is unclear how much extra Saudi Arabia can bring into the market quickly. President Joe Biden will on Friday fly to Saudi Arabia, where he will attend a summit of Gulf allies and call for them to pump more oil. Crude inventories rose, bolstered by another big release from strategic reserves. Energy Information Administration also point to slackening demand, with product supplied slumping to 18.7 million barrels per day, the lowest since June 2021. Worries of COVID-19 curbs in multiple Chinese cities to rein in new cases of a highly infectious subvariant have also kept a lid on oil prices.Ĭhina's daily crude oil imports in June sank to their lowest level since July 2018, as refiners anticipated lockdown measures to curb demand, customs data showed on Wednesday.ĭata from the U.S. In Europe, signals were also bearish for demand with the European Commission cutting its economic growth forecast and raising the expected inflation rate to 7.6%. dollar continues to rule in driving oil price direction," said Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates LLC in Galena, Illinois. "Technical indicators are suggesting another round of fresh lows as the U.S. Oil traders may use these free, streaming real time charts to watch assess pre-market or after-market oil prices before trading.
buyers, but retreated somewhat on Thursday. These oil price charts are derived from spot oil trading in New York, Europe and Asia and presented with 10-second to weekly price candles. The dollar index hit a 20-year high on Wednesday, which makes oil purchases more expensive for non-U.S. Investors also flocked to the dollar, often seen as a safe- haven asset. Oil prices have tumbled in the past two weeks on recession concerns despite a drop in crude and refined products exports from Russia amid Western sanctions and supply disruption in Libya.
"Moves by the Fed will have an outsized impact on the market as we watch them try to digest new economic data about inflation," said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC in New York. The Fed rate hike is expected to follow a similar move by the Bank of Canada which surprised the market on Wednesday. The Fed policy meeting is scheduled for July 26-27. Federal Reserve is seen ramping up its battle with 40-year high inflation with a supersized 100 basis-point rate hike this month after a grim inflation report showed price pressures accelerating. 23 close, the day before Russia invaded Ukraine, with Brent reaching its lowest level since Feb.
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