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Crude Resumes Decline from Yesterday on Economic Concerns

OIL

Crude futures pull back with time spreads following and the prompt spreads back into contango.

  • The softening backwardation is a sign that global inventories are not as tight and weakness in the global economy could negatively impact oil demand growth
    • Brent FEB 23 down -1.1% at 81.76$/bbl
    • WTI JAN 23 down -1.1% at 76.11$/bbl
    • Brent FEB 23-MAR 23 down -0.06$/bbl at -0.04$/bbl
    • Brent MAR 23-APR 23 down -0.04$/bbl at -0.01$/bbl
    • Brent JUN 23-DEC 23 down -0.03$/bbl at 1.59$/bbl
    • Brent DEC 23-DEC 24 down -0.21$/bbl at 3.12$/bbl


Source: Bloomberg

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