
Oil prices spiked and then crashed in March 2022, driven by medium-term fundamentals, strain from disruption to Russian oil exports, and thin market liquidity. The short-term trigger for the sell-off was improved prospects for a truce between Russia and Ukraine.
Extreme crude volatility transmits directly into diesel and energy costs for feed mills and farms, and a Russia-Ukraine truce would ease supply fears that had supported grain and oilseed prices.
Tras 255 eventos bajista de geopolítica pasados, Petróleo crudo (WTI) se movió una mediana de -2,4 % en 5 sesiones (31% al alza; mitad central entre -7,0 % y +1,7 %), y -5,0 % en 20.
Tras 250 eventos bajista de geopolítica pasados, Petróleo crudo (Brent) se movió una mediana de -3,1 % en 5 sesiones (36% al alza; mitad central entre -7,9 % y +1,6 %), y -5,5 % en 20.
Tras 51 eventos bajista de geopolítica pasados, ULSD / Diésel se movió una mediana de -2,4 % en 5 sesiones (37% al alza; mitad central entre -8,2 % y +3,9 %), y -2,3 % en 20.
Variaciones de la referencia de cada materia prima desde el último cierre antes del evento. Las lecturas históricas agrupan eventos pasados del mismo tipo; describen lo ocurrido, no lo que ocurrirá. No es asesoramiento de inversión.
The sell-off was triggered by improved truce prospects and aggravated by thin liquidity, explaining the sharp collapse.
Explains the crash as unwinding of a spike on thin liquidity, with improved truce prospects as the trigger.
The sell-off was attributed to improved truce prospects and thin liquidity, which amplified the downward move.
The mid-March sell-off on truce hopes created the depressed starting level, so the following rebound was large in percentage terms.