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Oil prices extended their decline on Tuesday, with Brent falling about 9% and WTI about 10% from Friday's settlement. The selloff followed OPEC+ agreeing to resolve a weeks-long deadlock and add output, and it was driven by fears that rising Delta variant cases would bring lockdowns and weaker demand.
Brent traded near $68.80 per barrel and WTI near $66.78.
Demand worries combined with an agreed OPEC+ supply increase push crude lower, which weakens energy costs and biofuel economics that support grain and oilseed demand. The price implication for feed buyers is softer energy-linked input costs and modest pressure on biofuel-driven vegetable oil and corn demand.
thenationalnews.comJennifer GnanaJul 20, 2021After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 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.
Describes the roughly 10% WTI decline from Friday's settlement, driven by the OPEC+ output increase and lockdown/demand fears.
