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Wood Mackenzie said OPEC+ agreed to keep current restraint of 1.2 million bpd and add 0.5 million bpd of cuts through March. Russia will make an extra 70,000 bpd cut, and the group will not commit to restraint beyond March 2020.
The firm called the proactive management supportive for 2020 prices.
Analysts see the short-term cuts as preventing a sharp price downturn, but the March expiry limits support, so crude costs for feed-chain energy inputs may stay firm but not rise sharply.
woodmac.comDec 6, 2019After 442 past bullish policy events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median +1.4% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -2.0% to +4.9%), and +2.1% over 20.
After 438 past bullish policy events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median +0.9% over 5 sessions (61% higher; middle half -2.2% to +4.6%), and +2.0% 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.
