Oil prices plunged about 7% to settle at their lowest in over three years after China announced additional 34% tariffs on all U.S. goods from April 10. Brent settled at $65.58 and WTI at $61.99, with both posting their biggest weekly losses in roughly a year or more.
Escalating tariffs raise recession odds and cut expected energy demand from the world's top oil importer, pushing crude and energy-linked prices lower. Weaker crude also lowers biofuel and feedstock economics, pressuring soybean oil and palm oil.
Setelah 80 peristiwa perdagangan bearish sebelumnya, Minyak Mentah (WTI) bergerak median -2,2% selama 5 sesi (30% lebih tinggi; separuh tengah -6,9% sampai +0,8%), dan -1,5% selama 20 sesi.
Setelah 56 peristiwa perdagangan bearish sebelumnya, Minyak Mentah (Brent) bergerak median -5,6% selama 5 sesi (20% lebih tinggi; separuh tengah -9,0% sampai -1,7%), dan -4,5% selama 20 sesi.
Setelah 152 peristiwa perdagangan bearish sebelumnya, Minyak Kedelai bergerak median -0,2% selama 5 sesi (47% lebih tinggi; separuh tengah -2,1% sampai +2,1%), dan -0,1% selama 20 sesi.
Setelah 158 peristiwa perdagangan bearish sebelumnya, Minyak Sawit bergerak median +0,0% selama 5 sesi (51% lebih tinggi; separuh tengah -1,3% sampai +0,8%), dan -1,4% selama 20 sesi.
Pergerakan benchmark setiap komoditas dari penutupan terakhir sebelum peristiwa. Pembacaan historis menggabungkan peristiwa serupa di masa lalu; itu menggambarkan apa yang terjadi, bukan apa yang akan terjadi. Bukan nasihat investasi.
China's retaliatory 34% tariffs on April 4 escalated the trade war and drove a roughly 7% Brent drop to $65.58, raising the demand-destruction outlook.
China's 34% retaliatory tariffs on Apr 4 escalated the trade war, raised demand-destruction fears and drove a ~7% drop to multi-year lows.
China's 34% retaliatory tariffs escalated the trade war and drove a ~7% settlement drop in WTI to lows in over three years.
A 7% crude oil plunge to 3-year lows on US-China tariff escalation weakens palm oil via reduced biodiesel/discretionary blending economics and the palm-gasoil spread, plus broad risk-off sentiment and fears of lower global demand, all coinciding with the start of the 5-day decline.
Crude's ~7% plunge to a 3-year low on April 4 reduced palm's biodiesel discretionary-blending appeal and set up the Monday selloff.
Crude oil plunged about 7% on China's retaliatory tariffs, which cuts palm oil's biodiesel/energy-linked demand and pressured vegetable oils.