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Oil prices plunged about 5% on Thursday as US-China trade tensions dampened the demand outlook. Crude benchmarks were on course for their biggest daily and weekly falls in six months.
Weak US data and overfull US crude stockpiles added to the selloff.
Lower crude prices reduce energy costs and can weigh on biofuel margins and feed-grain demand sentiment. Escalating trade conflict also threatens agricultural export demand.
reuters.comJessica Resnick-Ault23 may 2019Tras 80 eventos bajista de comercio pasados, Petróleo crudo (WTI) se movió una mediana de -2,2 % en 5 sesiones (30% al alza; mitad central entre -6,9 % y +0,8 %), y -1,5 % en 20.
Tras 56 eventos bajista de comercio pasados, Petróleo crudo (Brent) se movió una mediana de -5,6 % en 5 sesiones (20% al alza; mitad central entre -9,0 % y -1,7 %), y -4,5 % 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.
Directly describes the ~5% Thursday plunge driven by US-China trade tensions hurting demand outlook, weak US data and heavy US stockpiles.
Reports a roughly 5% plunge as US-China trade tensions hit the demand outlook, with overfull US stockpiles adding pressure.
The biggest weekly drop of 2019 came from trade tensions, weak US data and overfull stockpiles, which set the downtrend that likely carried into the window.
