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EIA data showed a proxy for distillate demand, mostly diesel, rose 11.8% in the week ended April 17 to 3.12 million b/d from 2.757 million the prior week. SONAR wholesale rack data showed diesel volumes up about 13% from April 16 to April 23.
Rebounding diesel demand suggests trucking and farm fuel use is recovering from the pandemic lows, which supports diesel and related energy prices.
freightwaves.comJohn KingstonApr 24, 2020After 109 past bullish report events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -3.3% to +3.9%), and +0.3% 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.
Rising distillate demand proxy and rack volumes signal recovering diesel demand, which supports a rebound in ULSD.
