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Oil sell tight range ahead of US election

Oil prices traded in a. narrow range on Tuesday ahead of what is anticipated to be an. remarkably close U.S. governmental election, after rising. more than 2% in the previous session as OPEC+ delayed strategies to. hike production in December.

Brent crude futures ticked up 14 cents, or 0.19%, to. $ 75.22 a barrel by 0400 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate. crude was at $71.6 a barrel, up 13 cents, or 0.18%.

We are now in the calm before the storm, IG market analyst. Tony Sycamore stated.

Oil prices were supported by Sunday's announcement from the. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their. allies, a group known as OPEC+, to press back a production walking. by a month from December as weak need and rising non-OPEC. supply depress markets.

Still, risk-taking stays restricted with a hectic week -. consisting of the U.S. election, the Federal Reserve's policy. meeting, and China's National People's Congress (NPC) meeting -. keeping numerous traders on the sidelines, stated Yeap Jun Rong,. market strategist at IG.

In the meantime, surveys recommend the U.S. governmental race will be. closely contested, and any hold-up in election outcomes and even. conflicts might position near-term dangers for broader markets or drag. on them for longer, added Yeap.

Eyes are likewise on China's NPC meeting for any clarity on. financial stimulus to boost the nation's need outlook, however we. are not likely to see any strong commitment before the U.S. presidential results, and that will continue to keep oil prices. in a near-term waiting video game, Yeap stated.

On the other hand, OPEC oil output rebounded in October as Libya. resumed output, a Reuters study discovered, although a further Iraqi. effort to meet its cuts pledged to the wider OPEC+ alliance. restricted the gain.

More oil might originate from OPEC manufacturer Iran as Tehran has. authorized a plan to increase output by 250,000 barrels each day,. the oil ministry's news site Shana reported on Monday.

In the U.S., a late season tropical storm predicted to. heighten into a category 2 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico this. week could reduce oil production by about 4 million barrels,. researchers stated.

Technically, crude oil requires to rebound above resistance at. $ 71.50/ 72.50 to negate the disadvantage threats, IG's Sycamore said,. referring to WTI costs.

All of which suggests there won't be a scramble to chase it. higher in the short-term.

Ahead of U.S. weekly oil data on Wednesday, a preliminary. Reuters poll revealed on Monday that U.S. crude stockpiles likely. rose recently, while extract and gasoline stocks fell.

(source: Reuters)