
Oil prices spiked and then crashed in March 2022, driven by medium-term fundamentals, strain from disruption to Russian oil exports, and thin market liquidity. The short-term trigger for the sell-off was improved prospects for a truce between Russia and Ukraine.
Extreme crude volatility transmits directly into diesel and energy costs for feed mills and farms, and a Russia-Ukraine truce would ease supply fears that had supported grain and oilseed prices.
Após 255 eventos baixista de geopolítica passados, Petróleo (WTI) subiu em mediana -2,4% em 5 sessões (31% de alta; metade central de -7,0% a +1,7%), e -5,0% em 20.
Após 250 eventos baixista de geopolítica passados, Petróleo (Brent) subiu em mediana -3,1% em 5 sessões (36% de alta; metade central de -7,9% a +1,6%), e -5,5% em 20.
Após 51 eventos baixista de geopolítica passados, ULSD / Diesel subiu em mediana -2,4% em 5 sessões (37% de alta; metade central de -8,2% a +3,9%), e -2,3% em 20.
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The sell-off was triggered by improved truce prospects and aggravated by thin liquidity, explaining the sharp collapse.
Explains the crash as unwinding of a spike on thin liquidity, with improved truce prospects as the trigger.
The sell-off was attributed to improved truce prospects and thin liquidity, which amplified the downward move.
The mid-March sell-off on truce hopes created the depressed starting level, so the following rebound was large in percentage terms.