
Brent crude dropped below $75 a barrel, erasing its 2024 gains and touching its lowest intraday price since December 2023. Concerns about demand in the world's two largest economies outweighed heightened geopolitical risks.
Falling crude prices reflect weaker expected global oil demand, which tends to reduce energy and transport costs across agricultural supply chains.
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Brent fell below $75, erasing 2024 gains, on demand concerns in the two largest economies.
Brent breaking below $75 and erasing 2024 gains reflects demand concerns in the US and China, with technical selling on the same day.
Brent breaking below $75 erased 2024 gains, with demand concerns in the US and China outweighing geopolitical risk, reflecting sentiment and technical selling.