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Oil futures extend gains on falling U.S. crude stocks
Published in Amwal Al Ghad on 22 - 03 - 2016

Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday, adding to gains from the previous session after data showed U.S. crude inventories fell for the first time since January and as commodity prices broadly strengthened.
U.S. crude futures for May CLK6, the front month from Tuesday, were up 6 cents at $41.58 a barrel at 0725 GMT, after settling up 0.9 percent at $41.52 on Monday.
The previous front month contract settled at $39.91 before expiring on Monday.
Brent crude futures for May delivery LCOc1 were 2 cents higher at $41.56 a barrel after rising 0.8 percent on Monday. Brent has risen more than 50 percent from 12-year lows in January.
"Oil and a number of other markets have reached a bit of a pause phase," said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney.
"For oil we have had a substantial rally. A lot of that has been preemptive in nature, preempting production cuts, and assisted by the weaker U.S. dollar," he said.
"We have arrived at the situation where the market is waiting for news to catch up with it a little," Spooner said.
Stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub for U.S. crude fell 570,574 barrels to 69.05 million in the week to March 18, traders said on Monday, citing data from market intelligence firm Genscape.
Cushing inventories had previously risen toward 70 million barrels, causing market participants to fear they could hit capacity.
Iran may join other oil producers planning to freeze production to support prices at a later date, OPEC's secretary general said on Monday, as the country is seeking to raise its exports after Western sanctions were lifted in January.
Producers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-members are due to meet on April 17 in Qatar discuss the output freeze.
Iran is keen to increase its oil exports, which fell by more than half during the sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, and has said it should not be bound by a production freeze until it can recover its market share.
"A further improvement in fundamentals will be needed for bulks, crude oil and base metals to rally further," ANZ said in a research note.
Source: Reuters


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