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Oil rates steady amid concentrate on Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, OPEC+ policy
Oil costs steadied in early trade on Wednesday, with markets examining the possible effect of a ceasefire offer in between Israel and Hezbollah, and ahead of Sunday's OPEC+ conference. Brent crude futures fell 2 cents to $72.79 a barrel by 0114 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were at $68.73 a barrel, down 4 cents, or 0.1%. Both standards settled lower on Tuesday after Israel agreed to a ceasefire handle Lebanon's Hezbollah. A ceasefire in between Israel and Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday after both sides accepted a contract brokered by the United States and France, U.S. President Joe Biden stated on Tuesday. The accord cleared the method for an end to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has actually killed thousands of individuals considering that it was fired up by the Gaza war last year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was prepared to implement a ceasefire handle Lebanon and would react. powerfully to any infraction by Hezbollah. Market participants are evaluating whether the ceasefire. will be observed, stated Hiroyuki Kikukawa, president of NS. Trading, a system of Nissan Securities. We expect WTI to trade within the series of $65-$ 70 a. barrel, factoring in weather conditions during the Northern. Hemisphere's winter season, a potential boost in shale oil and gas. production under the inbound Donald Trump administration in the. U.S., and need trends in China, he said. OPEC+, the Company of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. ( OPEC) and allies led by Russia, are discussing a further hold-up. to a planned oil output hike that was due to begin in January,. two sources from the producer group stated on Tuesday, ahead of a. conference on Dec. 1 to choose policy for early 2025. The group pumps about half the world's oil and had actually prepared. to slowly roll back oil-production cuts with small increases. over many months in 2024 and 2025. However a slowdown in Chinese and. international demand, and increasing output outside the group, have put a. dampener on that strategy. In the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump stated he would. impose a 25% tariff on all products entering the U.S. from. Mexico and Canada. Crude oil would not be exempt from the trade. charges, two sources familiar with the plan told Reuters on. Tuesday. Meanwhile, U.S. crude oil stocks fell while fuel inventories. rose recently, market sources stated, pointing out API figures on. Tuesday. Unrefined stocks fell by 5.94 million barrels in the week ended. Nov. 22, surpassing analysts' projection of a drop of about 600,000. barrels.
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Putin to talk energy ties on check out to Kazakhstan, Kremlin states
Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss energy ties on a check out to Kazakhstan today, the Kremlin stated on Tuesday, a trip that comes in the middle of trade tensions with the Main Asian nation, which exports most of its oil through Russia. Kazakhstan, which has tried to distance itself from Moscow's. war in Ukraine, remains extremely depending on Russia for exporting. oil to Western partners and for imports of food, electricity and. fine-tuned oil items. Our countries are ... constructively working together in the oil. and gas sector, Putin composed in a short article Russia-- Kazakhstan:. a union demanded by life and seeking to the future for the. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper and published on the Kremlin's. website late on Tuesday. Putin's post came after Kazakhstan's energy minister on. Monday stated his nation might greatly increase its petroleum. exports out of Turkey's port of Ceyhan, a move that would reduce. the share of streams it presently sends via Russia. Underscoring that more than 80% of Kazakhstan's oil is. exported to foreign markets through Russia, Putin, who begins. his see to Kazakhstan on Wednesday, stated he and President. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev always concentrate on a particular result in. their talks. Kremlin diplomacy aide Yuri Ushakov informed journalists on. Tuesday, without offering additional detail, that Putin and. Tokayev will sign a protocol on extending an agreement on oil. products to Kazakhstan. Putin also said in his post that Russia's state nuclear. corporation Rosatom - currently associated with some projects in. Kazakhstan - is ready for new large-scale jobs. In October, Kazakhstan, a country of 20 million, enacted. favour of building its very first nuclear power plant, under a. Tokayev-backed plan that faced public criticism and concerns. that Russia would be associated with the project. Putin's visit likewise comes amid agricultural trade stress. following a Russian restriction on imports of grain, fruit and other. farm products from Kazakhstan in October. Moscow enforced the ban after Kazakhstan refused to join. BRICS, the bloc of emerging economies which Putin wishes to develop. as an effective counterweight to the West in worldwide politics and. trade.
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How Trump's proposed tariffs may impact products and energy
Presidentelect Donald Trump on Monday promised tariffs on the United States' 3 biggest trading partners Canada, Mexico and China. The proposed tariffs would affect a wide range of markets, consisting of oil, natural gas, agriculture and production, potentially modifying longestablished trade patterns and supply chains. Here are products and energy sectors which may be affected: OIL Canada exported some $177.19 billion in energy items to the United States in 2023, according to government information. Unrefined imports from Canada comprise more than a fifth of all the oil that U.S. refineries process. About 70% of imported Canadian barrels go to Midwest U.S. refiners that provide a location that consists of Chicago and Detroit. Many of those Midwest refiners are set up to run much heavier oil and would either struggle to discover a direct replacement for Canadian oil or face paying a higher rate if that oil is subject to tariffs. That could drive up fuel expenses in the Midwest. The U.S. imported about 5.2 million barrels of crude and petroleum products daily (bpd) from Canada and Mexico in 2024, with more than 4 million bpd of that from Canada, data from the U.S. Department of Energy showed. In 2023, Canadian crude oil exports to the United States were above $110 billion, according to the Canada Energy Regulator. GAS The U.S. imported about 8.5 billion cubic feet daily ( bcfd) of natural gas throughout the very first 8 months of 2024 from Canada and Mexico, according to the latest information available from the EIA. Overall natural gas exports were about $6 billion in 2023, according to data from the Canada Energy Regulator. The majority of this year's gas imports - about 8.4 bcfd - came via pipelines from Canada. That compares to an annual average of 8.0 bcfd of gas imports from Canada in 2023 and approximately 7.6 bcfd over the past five years (2018-2022). The remaining approximately 0.1 bcfd of gas imports so far this year came from pipelines from Mexico, liquefied natural gas ( LNG) from Canada and Trinidad and Tobago, and compressed natural gas (CNG) from Canada. The U.S., meanwhile, exported about 20.8 bcfd of gas throughout the very first eight months of 2024, including about 2.7 bcfd going to Canada via pipeline, 6.4 bcfd going to Mexico by means of pipeline and approximately 11.7 bcfd going to different nations through LNG, according to the EIA. The worth of those U.S. gas exports during the very first eight months was around $11.0 billion, according to Reuters calculations utilizing the U.S. Henry Center benchmark as the area price of the gas. AGRICULTURE The U.S. imported $40.1 billion of Canadian farming items last year, making Canada the second-largest origin of U.S. agricultural imports behind Mexico, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The United States imported almost $3 billion of Canadian beef last year, $1.1 billion of pork and another $2 billion of live animals as part of an incorporated, cross-border animals producing and processing industry. Canada likewise supplies the United States with nearly half of its imports of veggie oils and lumber and other forest items. In 2023, the U.S. imported $45.4 billion of agricultural items from Mexico. About two-thirds of all U.S. veggie imports and half of fruit and nut imports originate from Mexico, according to the USDA: almost 90% of its avocados, as much as 35% of its orange juice, and 20% of its strawberries. U.S. imports of Mexican tequila and mezcal - both utilized for making mixed drinks, such as margaritas - amounted to $4.66 billion in 2023, up 160% given that 2019. Each year, Mexico exports more than 1 million cows across the border to become part of the U.S. beef supply. SUGAR The U.S. imported 521,000 short lots of sugar from Mexico in the 2023/24 season (Oct-Sept), under a bilateral trade deal that reduces the import taxes on sugar from Mexico. It was nearly 15%. of all U.S. sugar imports of 3.76 million brief loads in the last. season. POTASH The U.S. imported about 13 million lots of potash in 2015,. of which 85% originated from Canada, according to data from the USDA.
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Chevron sees California's fuel stock law raising prices for clients
Chevron said on Tuesday that California's just recently enacted legislation on oil refineries requiring to maintain minimum fuel stocks was flawed, according to a letter sent by the business to state Congress members. California, the most populous U.S. state, consistently experiences a few of the nation's greatest average gas costs, causing a frequently tense relationship between the state and oil business. It is geographically isolated from the U.S. Gulf Coast and Midwest refining centers, and need to produce all its own motor fuels or import them from Asia. In the letter from Andy Walz, president of Chevron's. Downstream, Midstream and Chemicals organization, he stated increasing. regulation on the validation of rate spikes are revenue. spikes was deceptive. On Oct. 14, California Guv Gavin Newsom signed into. impact ABX2-1, an expense created to avoid fuel supply shortages. in the state and provides regulators at the California Energy. Commission (CEC) higher control over oil refineries running. in the state. It enables the CEC to enforce refiners to maintain. minimum levels of fuel stocks, and manage required. refinery turn-arounds and upkeep in assessment with labor. and market stakeholders, so regarding minimize the effects of. maintenance-related production losses on fuel prices. If refineries stop working to comply with the requirements, they. might be fined a minimum of $100,000 per day for each day that. the noncompliance happens. We contend that implementing a necessary minimum stock. requirement will likely result in two unfavorable outcomes: an. increased frequency and duration of supply shortages, and a. irreversible increase in fuel prices for customers, Chevron's Walz. said in the letter. Both dangers extend beyond California, which must develop. the requirement for the legislature to proceed with caution, as. policies that raise prices for the state might likewise impact. neighbors in Arizona and Nevada. Guv Newsom's workplace did not instantly respond to a. request for comment.
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Stocks rise; dollar gets some assistance from tariff risks
The U.S dollar increased against some currencies on Tuesday after U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump vowed to enforce brand-new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, while MSCI's global equity index was higher after the release of the Federal Reserve's most current conference minutes. The minutes from the conference earlier this month showed officials divided over just how much farther they might need to cut rates of interest, however in agreement about avoiding concrete assistance about how policy would evolve in the weeks ahead. With the stock market, no surprises is excellent news. The market likes certainty above anything else, said Burns McKinney, portfolio manager at NFJ Financial investment Group in Dallas. Overall, Fed policymakers are still helpful of a careful method. ... They didn't say anything hawkish. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 123.74 points, or 0.28%, to 44,860.31; the S&P 500 increased 34.26 points, or 0.57%, to 6,021.63; and the Nasdaq Composite increased 119.46 points, or 0.63%, to 19,174.30. After Wall Street had actually closed, MSCI's gauge of stock markets around the world turned higher and was up 1.52 points, or 0.18%, at 859.27. Europe's STOXX 600 index earlier closed down 0.57%. While it was listed below its session high, the dollar was still up against the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar in afternoon trading. Trump, pointing out issues over prohibited immigration and illicit drug trading, had actually stated earlier that he would put a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and Canada, and an extra 10% tariff on products from China. He had previously threatened to slap tariffs in excess of 60% on Chinese imports. But investors softened their preliminary responses to the tariff risk and appeared to view it as a settlement tool, according to McKinney. Nevertheless, U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday, as Monday's. sharp bond rally lost momentum with the tariff announcement. undoing some of the financier optimism from Trump's selection. late last week of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary. Concern about the tariffs and issue about the U.S. deficit are what's weighing on the market for the ability of the. Fed to really cut, stated Matt Eagan, portfolio supervisor and head. of the Full Discretion Team at Loomis, Sayles & & Co. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose 3. basis points to 4.293%, from 4.263% late on Monday while the. 30-year bond yield rose 1.8 basis indicate 4.4647%. The 2-year note yield, which normally relocates. action with rate of interest expectations, was flat at 4.252%, from. 4.252% late on Monday. In currencies, the Mexican peso < damaged 1.6% versus. the dollar at 20.66 while the Canadian dollar compromised. 0.56% to 1.41 per U.S. dollar. Oil prices settled lower, slightly extending Monday's losses. in choppy trade after news of a contract for a ceasefire. between Israel and Lebanon, minimizing oil's risk premium. U.S. unrefined calmed down 0.25% at $68.77 a barrel and. Brent ended at $72.81 per barrel, down 0.27% on the day. Bitcoin was down 2.80% at $91,064.35, adding to. Monday's losses after last week striking a record high at. $ 99,830. The token had benefited from speculation of a much easier. regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump. In rare-earth elements, gold costs were captured in a tug-of-war,. dipping to a week low as safe-haven need softened with news of. the ceasefire, while issue over Ukraine and Trump's tariff. strategies included some support. Area gold increased 0.29% to $2,632.81 an ounce. U.S. gold. futures rose 0.34% to $2,625.60 an ounce.
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Stocks rise; dollar gets some support from tariff hazards
The U.S dollar increased against some currencies after U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump vowed to impose brand-new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, while MSCI's worldwide equity index was greater after the release of the Federal Reserve's newest conference minutes. The minutes from the conference earlier this month revealed officials divided over how much farther they may require to cut rate of interest, however in contract about preventing concrete assistance. With the stock market, not a surprises is great news. The market likes certainty above anything else, stated Burns McKinney, portfolio manager at NFJ Investment Group in Dallas. Overall, Fed policymakers are still supportive of a mindful approach. ... They didn't state anything hawkish. On Wall Street, at 3:11 p.m. (2011 GMT) the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.93 points, or 0.19%, to 44,819.50; the S&P 500 increased 26.92 points, or 0.45%, to 6,014.29; and the Nasdaq Composite increased 86.47 points, or 0.45%, to 19,141.31. By late afternoon MSCI's gauge of stock markets across the globe had likewise turned higher and was up 0.71 point, or 0.08%, to 858.46. Europe's STOXX 600 index earlier shut down 0.57%. While it was listed below its session high the dollar was still up versus the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar in afternoon trading. Trump, mentioning concerns over illegal migration and illegal drug trading, had stated previously that he would put a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and Canada, and an extra 10% tariff on goods from China. He had actually formerly threatened to slap tariffs in excess of 60% on Chinese imports. However financiers reduced their preliminary responses to the tariff risk and appeared to view it as a negotiation tool, according to McKinney. Nevertheless, U.S. Treasury yields increased on Tuesday, as Monday's. sharp bond rally lost momentum as the tariff statement undid. a few of the financier optimism from Trump's choice late last. week of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose. 4.3 basis points to 4.306%, from 4.263% late on Monday while the. 30-year bond yield rose 3.6 basis indicate 4.4828%. The 2-year note yield, which typically relocates. action with rate of interest expectations, rose 0.6 basis indicate. 4.258%, from 4.252% late on Monday. In currencies, the Mexican peso < deteriorated 1.69%. versus the dollar and the Canadian dollar weakened 0.55%. versus the greenback. While the euro was down 0.18% against the dollar at. $ 1.0475, against the Japanese yen, the dollar weakened. 0.73% to 153.08. Oil rates settled lower, a little extending Monday's losses. in choppy trade after news of an arrangement for a ceasefire. in between Israel and Lebanon, lowering oil's threat premium. U.S. crude calmed down 0.25% at $68.77 a barrel and. Brent ended at $72.81 per barrel, down 0.27% on the day. Bitcoin fell 2.06% to $91,758.00, contributing to Monday's. losses after last week hitting a record high at $99,830. The. token had actually benefited from speculation of a much easier regulative. environment for cryptocurrencies under Trump. In precious metals, gold costs were captured in a tug-of-war,. dipping to a week low as safe-haven need softened with news of. the ceasefire, while concern over Ukraine and Trump's tariff. strategies added some support. Area gold increased 0.18% to $2,629.86 an ounce while U.S. gold futures increased 0.34% to $2,625.60 an ounce.
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OPEC not likely to raise production simply put term, commodity trading employers state
OPEC is unlikely to loosen up voluntary production cuts in the short term, executives of global product trading giants Vitol, Trafigura and Gunvor said at the Energy Intelligence Online Forum in London on Tuesday. OPEC+ is going over an additional hold-up to a prepared oil output hike that was due to start in January, 2 sources from the group stated on Tuesday. Trafigura's global head of oil Ben Luckock presumes OPEC will once again postpone its production boost, though most likely not that far into the future, as OPEC is unlikely to be pleased with present prices. I think that the OPEC+ organisation have no room to increase Gunvor CEO Torbjorn Tornqvist stated. Increased oil production, and new discoveries at lower breakeven expenses, are keeping costs around $70 a barrel, Tornqvist added, in addition to a lack of growth in transport fuels need in China. OPEC will likely attempt to manage the marketplace over the next two to three months, while it waits to see if any current geopolitical elements are solved, Vitol CEO Russell Hardy stated. Principles suggest a reasonable worth for oil in current range of around $70 a barrel, panelists stated, though significant geopolitical events could increase volatility and break rates out of that variety. The practical rate is today's price, with an enormous caution that we might be enormously incorrect, Trafigura's Luckock said, highlighting unpredictability around incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's future policy actions. The possibilities of breakouts are probably higher under the brand-new administration, Luckock included. Vitol's Hardy added that although the marketplaces expect increasing non-OPEC production in Guyana, Brazil, and the U.S., and high OPEC extra production capacity, to keep costs rangebound in most cases, there is still a threat of minimized supply from possible further U.S. sanctions on Iran, for example. There are still a number of events external to routine supply and need fundamentals that can affect things, and can possibly give the market a little bit more upside, he stated.
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Companies reinforce currency hedges after Trump win as tariffs loom
Multinational business are beefing up their foreign exchange hedging techniques to safeguard their overseas earnings from bigger currency swings that could come from a 2nd Donald Trump presidency. Considering that the U.S. election 3 weeks back, strategists and lenders stated they are seeing more interest in options and crosscurrency swaps as companies, including those in healthcare and commercial sectors, concentrate on how volatile currencies might be under Trump. The election is a huge driver for hedgers to think about currency danger, said Karl Schamotta, primary market strategist at payments business Corpay in Toronto. Companies that for a long time were relatively comfortable with the instructions and the scale of exchange-rate moves are being stunned out of that complacency. Trump's election is introducing volatility into foreign-exchange markets as his success clears the method for tariffs and protectionist trade policies that were the hallmark of his first term. Trump stated on Monday he would impose a 25% tariff on all items from Mexico and Canada, and an extra 10% tariff on Chinese items, on his very first day in office, mentioning issues over prohibited immigration and illegal drugs. The news triggered the peso to drop as much as 2%. while the Canadian dollar fell as much as 1.4%. The U.S. dollar index, which determines the U.S. currency's. strength versus 6 peers, has risen 3.5% considering that the Nov. 5. election, broadly on expectations Trump's policies on trade and. tariffs will be dollar-supportive. Scott Bessent, Trump's U.S. Treasury secretary choice, has actually favored a strong dollar and. supported tariffs. Contributing to the unpredictability is the 2026 evaluation of the United. States-Mexico-Canada trade arrangement that described tariff. provisions and was carried out throughout Trump's first term. Trump. has stated he means to make the agreement a much better offer,. although information of changes are unclear. Trump's very first term, which was marked by huge swings in. trade-sensitive currencies, highlighted the need for more. hedging, experts stated. At the exact same time, global reserve banks are trying to. stabilize interest-rate policy while balancing development and. inflation concerns, another potential source of volatility in. the coming months. About 94% of senior finance decision-makers at UK and U.S. companies in a Nov. 7-18 MillTechFX survey said the U.S. election outcome was triggering them to change their. foreign-exchange hedging strategies. Some are looking for to extend the duration of hedges, while. others look to bump up their hedge ratios - the proportion of. their overall foreign-exchange exposure that is protected. LOWER FOREIGN EARNINGS Amongst currencies that business are wanting to hedge are the. Mexican peso and the euro. A stronger dollar means U.S. companies' foreign revenue is. worth less when transformed to dollars, which erodes revenues. The. S&P 500 produces 41% of profits outside the U.S., according to. John Butters, senior earnings expert at FactSet. The Mexican peso, which has actually fallen 2% given that the election and. almost 17% year-to-date as of Monday's close, is particularly in. Trump's crosshairs. The close U.S. trading partner is susceptible. to tariffs, which might disrupt business supply chains. Although the interest-rate differential between the U.S. and. Mexico has tightened up because the election, the cost of hedging. long peso positions has actually increased because of the peso's slide,. said Paula Comings, head of foreign-exchange sales at US Bank . Those selling MXN and buying dollars may be reluctant right. now to add to forward hedging volumes, but are looking at. choices as a possible alternative, Comings said. Companies are likewise confronted with tighter credit requirements from. loan providers and increasing hedging expenses, stated Tom Hoyle, service. development director at MillTechFX, a currency trading platform,. which has actually increased FX choice usage. Ultimately, if services want to protect themselves. longer-term, they will either need to take in higher expenses or. try to find alternatives, he added. Lots of companies anticipate trade unpredictability to weigh heavily on. East Asia and Europe as well, according to the study. Comings said the effect on the euro, down some 4% versus. the dollar given that the election, was not priced in ahead of the. election as much as in Mexico's and China's currencies. It is. now being pressed by tariff talks, an ailing German economy. and weakness in making throughout parts of Europe. Comings is seeing some U.S. healthcare and industrial. companies express interest in using euro cross-currency swaps to. handle currency risks and lower their interest payments. Annual. return on these euro/dollar agreements has increased since the. election to as much as 2% on contracts two years or longer,. highlighting the allure of these contracts. The election outcomes have exacerbated the requirement to. understand at what rates some companies may not be able to afford. doing worldwide organization if included tariffs and/or policies. are something that will likewise require to be represented, stated. Juan Perez, director of trading at Monex USA.
VEGOILS-Palm increases on Dalian strength, Indonesia biodiesel strategy
Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a second straight session on Thursday, underpinned by gains in Dalian veggie oils and Indonesia's strategies to enhance its biodiesel required.
The benchmark palm oil agreement for November delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 49 ringgit, or 1.31%, to 3,803 ringgit ($ 868.66) a metric heap by midday.
Indonesia biodiesel blend upgrade to B40 and lower production cycle in the very first quarter (next year) is supporting the agreement greater, stated Sathia Varqa, senior expert with Fastmarkets Palm Oil Analytics.
Indonesia planned to raise its palm-based biodiesel required to 40% starting Jan. 1 2025 from presently 35%, state news firm
Antara
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Indonesia's energy ministry
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biodiesel mixed with 40% palm oil-based fuel on trains in July and is planning numerous other tests on power plants, farming equipment and the shipping market, which is anticipated to be concluded in December, before raising the blend.
A greater biodiesel required implies greater intake of CPO within the domestic Indonesian market, anticipated to be around 15 million tonnes, leading to less accessibility for exports, leaving Malaysia to expand and penetrate new CPO export markets, he added.
Dalian's palm oil agreement got 1.91%, while the most active soyoil contract was up 0.73%. Soyoil costs on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 0.18%.
Palm oil is impacted by rate motions in associated oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for Aug. 1-20 fell in between 16.7% and 18.4% from a month earlier, information from freight surveyors Societe Generale de Monitoring (SGS), Intertek Testing Providers and AmSpec Agri Malaysia revealed.
Palm oil may retest resistance of 3,782 ringgit per metric lot, a break above could validate both a target of 3,809 ringgit and an inverted head-and-shoulders.
(source: Reuters)