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.
Na 80 eerdere neerwaarts handel-gebeurtenissen bewoog Ruwe olie (WTI) zich mediaan -2,2% over 5 sessies (30% hoger; middelste helft -6,9% tot +0,8%), en -1,5% over 20.
Na 56 eerdere neerwaarts handel-gebeurtenissen bewoog Ruwe olie (Brent) zich mediaan -5,6% over 5 sessies (20% hoger; middelste helft -9,0% tot -1,7%), en -4,5% over 20.
Na 152 eerdere neerwaarts handel-gebeurtenissen bewoog Sojaolie zich mediaan -0,2% over 5 sessies (47% hoger; middelste helft -2,1% tot +2,1%), en -0,1% over 20.
Na 158 eerdere neerwaarts handel-gebeurtenissen bewoog Palmolie zich mediaan +0,0% over 5 sessies (51% hoger; middelste helft -1,3% tot +0,8%), en -1,4% over 20.
Bewegingen van de benchmark van elke grondstof sinds de laatste slotkoers vóór de gebeurtenis. Historische waarden bundelen eerdere gebeurtenissen van hetzelfde soort; ze beschrijven wat er gebeurde, niet wat zal gebeuren. Geen beleggingsadvies.
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.