# Crude Oil, Natural Gas Shine, Gold’s Luster Tarnished

> Crude oil and natural gas posted solid gains last week, while gold fell as the dollar strengthened on improving US economic conditions. Crude was supported by fears of supply disruption after physical attacks on Saudi Arabian assets and tensions between the US and Iran. Gains were capped by rising US stockpiles and concerns about weaker demand from the US-China trade dispute.

- Date: 2019-05-18 · published 2019-05-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59274-crude-oil-natural-gas-shine-gold-s-luster-tarnished
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Middle East supply risk supports crude prices, which feed into diesel and freight costs for feed operations. A stronger dollar is a headwind for dollar-priced commodities.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- WTI: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2026-08-25 | [Crude oil price traded higher on Tuesday morning. - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18009-crude-oil-price-traded-higher-on-tuesday-morning-the-hindubusinessline.md) | +0.8% | +12.4% |
| WTI | 2026-09-10 | [Brent crude oil nears $104 per barrel: Here's why](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17666-brent-crude-oil-nears-104-per-barrel-here-s-why.md) | +6.6% | -4.3% |
| WTI | 2019-02-13 | [IEA: Crude oil quality matters amid lower supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60522-iea-crude-oil-quality-matters-amid-lower-supply.md) | +5.6% | +7.1% |
| WTI | 2019-10-01 | [Saudi Arabia crude oil production outage affects global crude oil and gasoline prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57236-saudi-arabia-crude-oil-production-outage-affects-global-crude-oil-and-gasoline.md) | -2.5% | +2.9% |
| WTI | 2026-03-11 | [Crude oil surge likely to support palm prices \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15488-crude-oil-surge-likely-to-support-palm-prices-the-star.md) | +14.9% | +14.3% |
| NATGAS | 2026-07-29 | [Natural gas: Europe faces tighter winter balance – ING — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18541-natural-gas-europe-faces-tighter-winter-balance-ing-octa.md) | +2.1% | +3.0% |
| NATGAS | 2022-05-02 | [U.S. natural gas production growth wanes as need arises \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41576-u-s-natural-gas-production-growth-wanes-as-need-arises-reuters.md) | +16.4% | +20.9% |
| NATGAS | 2022-07-29 | [European Natural Gas, Asian LNG Prices Soar on NS1 Supply Cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40665-european-natural-gas-asian-lng-prices-soar-on-ns1-supply-cuts.md) | -2.1% | +11.7% |

## Sources

- finance.yahoo.com: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crude-oil-natural-gas-shine-184452067.html

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