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Crude Futures and Spreads Extend Recovery

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Crude extends gains as the banking sector uncertainty eases allowed crude prices to regain towards the higher end of the trading range from last week.

  • Next technical resistance for Brent is at the 23 Mar high of 77.44$/bbl with further resistance at the 20 day EMA of 78.42$/bbl.
  • Near term time spread remains relatively unchanged on the day but longer dated spreads are following the front month futures move higher. Dec23-Dec24 is back up to 2.68$/bbl compared to a high of 2.97$/bbl from last week.
  • WTI is edging up faster than Brent to help bring the WTI-Brent spread up from around -6$/bbl on Friday up to -5.65$/bbl.
    • Brent MAY 23 up 1.6% at 76.19$/bbl
    • WTI MAY 23 up 1.8% at 70.54$/bbl
    • WTI-Brent up 0.11$/bbl at -5.65$/bbl
    • Brent MAY 23-JUN 23 down -0.03$/bbl at 0.37$/bbl
    • Brent JUN 23-DEC 23 up 0.11$/bbl at 1.44$/bbl
    • Brent DEC 23-DEC 24 up 0.33$/bbl at 2.68$/bbl

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