crude oil

Crude oil prices near 2-month lows. What’s next?

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Oil prices dropped to a near two-month low on receding tensions in the Middle East, a complex interplay of escalating supply levels, demand worries, and challenging economic indicators. The global benchmark, US WTI crude currently clinging below $80 a barrel, has lost more than 10% from a near two-year high tested last month. A similar … Read more

Geopolitical tensions and global growth outlook to give crude oil price direction in 2024

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Despite repeated OPEC plus output cuts and Israel-Hamas conflict, oil prices shed more than 13 percent in 2023 against its previous year’s average price. However, prices exhibited a varied move throughout the year driven by multiple factors that affected its fundamentals. US NYMEX oil started at nearly $80 a barrel in 2023 but pushed down … Read more