# Market Talk | While Energy Futures Tick Lower Data Suggest Room For A Rise

> Energy futures slipped slightly on Wednesday after a four-day rally that added about 20 cents to ULSD and almost $6 a barrel to WTI. OPEC cut its global growth forecast, lowering the US outlook but raising Europe's, while holding its oil demand estimate steady and reporting lower April output.

- Date: 2025-05-14 · published 2025-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12550-market-talk-while-energy-futures-tick-lower-data-suggest-room-for-a-rise
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

OPEC's steady demand view and lower output support crude prices, while the lower US growth outlook is a modest bearish factor for energy demand.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2017-10-17 | [EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68641-eia-short-term-energy-outlook-fuels-market-news.md) | +0.1% | +9.5% |
| WTI | 2022-06-27 | [OPEC+ lowers 2022 market surplus forecast to 1 million bps – Reuters — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41113-opec-lowers-2022-market-surplus-forecast-to-1-million-bps-reuters-octa.md) | +1.0% | -9.0% |
| WTI | 2026-03-26 | [Middle East War to Spark Biggest Energy Price Surge in Four Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12730-middle-east-war-to-spark-biggest-energy-price-surge-in-four-years.md) | +11.2% | +7.7% |
| WTI | 2021-06-30 | [Oil rises on lower U.S. stockpiles, demand recovery - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46757-oil-rises-on-lower-u-s-stockpiles-demand-recovery-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.2% | -1.0% |
| WTI | 2021-01-21 | [Weekly Energy Market Situation, Jan. 19, 2021 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49329-weekly-energy-market-situation-jan-19-2021-fuels-market-news.md) | -0.7% | +13.6% |
| DIESEL | 2020-01-16 | [EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55279-eia-short-term-energy-outlook-fuels-market-news.md) | -4.8% | -10.6% |
| DIESEL | 2019-11-05 | [Weekly Energy Market Situation, November 4, 2019 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56257-weekly-energy-market-situation-november-4-2019-fuels-market-news.md) | -1.6% | -3.3% |
| DIESEL | 2018-07-31 | [EIA: U.S. Distillate Fuel Inventories Are Low for This Time of Year - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64209-eia-u-s-distillate-fuel-inventories-are-low-for-this-time-of-year-fuels-market.md) | -1.4% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- tacenergy.com: https://www.tacenergy.com/news-and-views/market-talk/while-energy-futures-tick-lower-data-suggest-room-for-a-rise

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