Summary:
WTI crude jumped nearly $1 a barrel on Thursday to its highest in more than a year as a steep drop in crude stocks in the US added to supply jitters.
WTI crude jumped nearly $1 a barrel on Thursday to its highest in more than a year as a steep drop in crude stocks in the US added to supply jitters.
The benchmark jumped more than 3%, resuming its torrid rally. Brent crude also closed more than 2.5% higher amid speculation of $100 in the coming months.
US crude stocks fell by 2.2 million barrels last week to 416.3 million barrels, government data showed, far exceeding a drop of 320,000 barrels expected in a Reuters poll.
Russia announced on Thursday that it had temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a circle of four ex-Soviet states with immediate effect in order to stabilise the domestic market.
China's major industrial firms saw their profit rebound strongly in August, surging 17.2 percent from a year earlier, in the latest sign of a sustained recovery in the world's second-largest economy in favour of fuel demand.
Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs said higher oil prices are a ‘manageable’ headwind for the US economy, though the firm lowered its GDP forecast fractionally.
A surge in WTI prices indicates a potential continuation of its prior short-term bullish movement above the 20 MA until we see a retracement below resistance-turned-support around 90.
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