As investors hurried to riskier assets in response to lower-than-expected U.S. inflation statistics and promising news on U.S. gasoline consumption, oil prices gained ground on Wednesday, recovering from losses early in the day. Thus, Brent crude oil price settled 1.1% higher at $97.40, WTI crude rose by 1.6% to settle at $91.93 a barrel.
read more... 11/08/2022
The news that some oil supplies on the Russia-to-Europe Druzhba pipeline that crosses through Ukraine had been stopped combined with worries that a slowing economy could cut demand, resulted in a modest decline in oil prices on Tuesday. As such, Brent crude oil price settled 0.4% lower at $96.31, while WTI crude ended 0.3% down to settle at $90.50 a barrel.
read more... 10/08/2022
Crude oil prices rebounded from multi-months lows touched last week as upbeat economic data from China and the United States fed hopes for a stronger demand despite persisting fears of a recession. Thus, Brent crude rose by 1.8%, to settle at $96.65 a barrel, WTI crude increased by 2% to $90.76.
read more... 09/08/2022
Strong U.S. job market growth helped oil prices recover some of their losses last week, but they still ended the week at their lowest levels since February due to concerns that a recession could affect fuel demand. As such, Brent crude oil price rose by 0.9% to $94.92, while WTI crude ended 0.5% higher to settle at $89.01.
read more... 08/08/2022
In response to the Bank of England's warning of a protracted recession and ahead of today's highly anticipated employment report in the US, crude oil fell on Thursday. As such Brent crude dropped by 2.8% to $94.12 a barrel, while WTI crude ended 2.3% lower at $88.54.
read more... 05/08/2022