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Crude oil rallies for fourth straight session

Published 08/21/2018, 03:32 PM
Updated 08/21/2018, 03:32 PM
© Reuters.  Crude oil rallies for fourth straight session

© Reuters. Crude oil rallies for fourth straight session

  • Crude oil futures notch their fourth straight gain, ahead of a forecast drawdown in U.S. crude inventories and supported by the prospect of U.S. sanctions on Iran; most-active October WTI crude settled +0.6% at $67.35/bbl and October Brent crude also +0.6% at $72.63/bbl.
  • Brent has rallied more than 3% after touching a four-month low last week, while U.S. crude is ~2% higher than its eight-week low.
  • Total U.S. crude stockpiles could have drawn down as much as 2M barrels last week, according to analysts polled ahead of government data due at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, which would help to reverse some of last week’s unexpectedly bearish data that showed a 6.8M-barrel increase.
  • “Prices are being supported by the prospect of lower oil supply from Iran," Commerzbank (DE:CBKG) analysts write, noting that “one key actor has pulled out of its business with Iran - the French oil giant Total - in a bid to preserve its U.S. business [and] other European companies are likely to follow suit in the coming weeks."
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