2019-07-02 15:00:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $65 YET
REUTERS - Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as concerns that the global economy could be slowing outweighed an agreement by OPEC and allies, including Russia, to extend supply cuts until next March.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 15 cents, or 0.23%, at $64.91 a barrel by 1110 GMT.
U.S. crude futures for August CLc1 were down 12 cents, or 0.20%, at $58.97 a barrel, after touching their highest in more than five weeks on Monday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries along with other top producers, including Russia, agreed on Tuesday to extend oil supply cuts until March 2020 as members overcame differences to try to prop up prices.
Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil stockpiles were seen falling for a third consecutive week, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday, also supporting prices.
But signs of a global economic slowdown which may hit oil demand growth, means OPEC and its allies may face an uphill battle to shore up prices by reining in supply.
The United States and China agreed at the G20 leaders summit to restart trade talks, but factory activity shrank across much of Europe and Asia in June while growth in manufacturing cooled in the United States.
Asian shares wobbled on Tuesday, U.S. Treasury yields fell and gold rebounded, while a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump saying any trade deal with China would need to be "somewhat tilted" in favor of Washington also stoked doubt over prospects for a trade deal between the top two economies.
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Earlier:
2019, July, 1, 12:05:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $66
Front-month Brent crude futures touched an intraday high of $66.75 a barrel and were up $1.80 at $66.54 a barrel by 0834 GMT. U.S. crude futures for August climbed $1.57 to $60.04 a barrel, after earlier hitting their highest in over five weeks at $60.28.
2019, June, 28, 12:15:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $65 YET
Brent crude futures were down 35 cents, or 0.5%, at $66.20 per barrel, WTI crude CLc1 futures were down 30 cents, or 0.5%, at $59.13 a barrel.
2019, June, 27, 18:40:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $65
Brent crude was down 11 cents at $66.38 by 1321 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 26 cents to $59.12.
2019, June, 26, 14:10:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $65
Front-month Brent crude futures were up 84 cents at $65.89 per barrel by 0948 GMT. WTI crude futures were at $58.91 per barrel, up $1.08 from their last settlement.
2019, June, 25, 13:00:00
US, IRAN SANCTIONS ANEW
the United States had never targeted an Iranian head of state before and that was a sign Trump was getting personal.
2019, June, 25, 12:55:00
US CAN CLOSE HORMUZ
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that other countries, including China and Japan, should protect their own oil tankers in the Middle East.
2019, June, 25, 12:50:00
U.S. FINANCIAL RISKS UP
In addition, a number of medium-term risks are growing. The financial system appears healthy but vulnerabilities in leveraged corporates and, potentially, in the nonbank system are elevated by historical standards. An abrupt reversal of the recent supportive financial market conditions or a deepening of ongoing trade disputes represent material risks to the U.S. economy, with concomitant negative outward spillovers. The U.S. public debt-to-GDP ratio is on an unsustainable path and is expected to continue rising throughout the medium-term, as aging related spending rises.
