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Brent crude futures fell again on Tuesday as a swelling global crude glut extended a second day of market panic. The coronavirus pandemic has sharply reduced fuel demand, leaving no clear end to the oversupply.
Collapsing fuel demand and a growing crude glut push benchmark crude lower, which weakens energy-linked costs for feed production and transport. Lower crude also reduces biofuel margins and pressures vegetable oil and corn-based ethanol economics.
reuters.comScott DiSavinoApr 21, 2020After 312 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.7% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -5.4% to +2.3%), and -1.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Brent futures fell again on Apr 21 as the glut fed market panic, directly describing the sentiment and oversupply mechanism behind the drop.
Brent futures plunged again on 21 April as the global glut fed market panic, a sentiment and oversupply driver within the window.
