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Crude and Gold Relinquish Earlier Gains As US Dollar Recovers

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  • Crude prices have relinquished their earlier gains on the day to trade back within yesterday’s range, under pressure from a rebound in the US dollar after earlier losses.
  • There were earlier unconfirmed reports circulating social media of a headline suggesting that Biden was willing to release more oil from the SPR credited to WSJ that appears to be false.
  • US crude imports are at an 11-month high according to Kpler as they arrived at 3.5mn bpd for the week beginning 11 September.
  • WTI is -0.1% at $91.39 in a notable pullback from a high of $93.70 that took another step towards $94.66 (2.236 proj of Jun 28 – Jul 13 – Jul 17 price swing).
  • Brent is near unchanged at $94.44 in a strong pullback from a high of $95.94 that moved closer to $96.95 (Nov 14, 2022 high).
  • Gold is -0.1% at $1931.2, easing back as the USD index found some renewed strength in the second half of the session as Treasury yields continued to climb. It’s high of $1937.44 came close to resistance at $1939.0 (Sep 5 high).

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