West Texas Intermediate slid 2.3% to settle at $71.03 a barrel Wednesday as Trump’s positions on everything from war in the Middle East to tariffs on energy weigh on sentiment. Investors pulling out of crude and fuel markets triggered a $17 billion net outflow in the week ending Jan. 31, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Tracey Allen wrote in a note to clients.
Earlier on Tuesday, China announced retaliatory measures against Trump’s tariffs, temporarily sending futures below where they ended 2024 for the first time this year. Speaking to reporters Tuesday afternoon, Trump said it was “fine” that China responded in kind with tariffs on some American products.
Crude oil prices started trade today with a dip despite the latest news around President Donald Trump who on Tuesday confirmed he would be returning to a maximum pressure approach to Iran, aiming to reduce its oil exports to zero, and said he wants the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip and develop it.
One thing will have become extremely clear to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the lead-up to Donald Trump beginning his second stint as U.S. President.
Oil declined amid risk-off sentiment in wider markets and a solidifying consensus that the Trump administration’s trade and foreign policy will rely more heavily on tariffs than on supply-constricting sanctions.
Oil prices edged higher but remained near a two-week low on Tuesday, as weak economic data from China and rising temperatures elsewhere dampened the demand outlook.Brent crude oil futures were up by 35 cents, or 0.45%, to $77.43 per barrel by 0930 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 30 cents, or 0.41%, […]
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may raise crude prices for Asian buyers in March to their highest in more than a year after benchmark prices spiked on higher demand from China and India as U.S. sanctions disrupted Russian supply, traders said on Monday.
Sweeping US sanctions on Russia’s oil industry are unlikely to result in a “large hit” to production, as higher freight rates and the nation’s cheap crude support the trade, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
US President Donald Trump said he would ask Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations to “bring down the cost of oil,” casting the push for more crude output as a way to heighten pressure on Russia and help end the nearly three-year war in Ukraine.
Oil fell after President Donald Trump said he’ll push Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce the price of crude, reviving a tactic to control energy prices that he frequently employed during his first term in office.