
The CME ULSD contract settled down 16.09 cents to 72.69 cents per gallon on April 21, a drop of 18.12% and the largest one-day decline since January 1991. The move followed WTI May futures turning negative the previous day.
Collapsing diesel futures lower the cost base for freight and farm operations, but the drop reflects severe demand destruction rather than a supply gain.
在过去 79 次看跌的宏观事件之后,ULSD / 柴油 在 5 个交易日内中位数变动 -1.0%(39% 上涨;中间一半区间为 -5.7% 至 +1.7%),20 个交易日内为 -1.5%。
在过去 565 次看跌的宏观事件之后,原油(WTI) 在 5 个交易日内中位数变动 -1.4%(41% 上涨;中间一半区间为 -5.9% 至 +3.0%),20 个交易日内为 -0.5%。
各商品基准价相对事件前最后收盘价的变动。历史数据汇总同类过往事件;仅描述已发生的情况,不代表未来走势。不构成投资建议。
CME ULSD futures fell 18% on April 21, the largest one-day drop since 1991, which accounts for a large share of the 5-day decline.
The record one-day ULSD drop to 72.69 cents on April 21 left futures deeply depressed, so a mean-reversion bounce in the following weeks looks outsized in percentage terms.