Global oil prices have shown remarkable resilience amid softer economic data from two major consumers: the US and China
Short-term weakness masks the supply crunch building later in the decade as demand stays firm and forward prices mislead again
The decline reflects a US-led trade war, exacerbating oversupply amid Opec+'s 2.72 mb/d restoration and a 0.5 mb/d surplus
India mainly buys palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, while it imports soyoil and sunflower oil from Argentina, Brazil, Russia and Ukraine
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Brent fell 4.4 per cent over the week, while WTI finished 5.1 per cent lower than last Friday's close
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Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Aramco posted first-quarter profits of $26 billion on Sunday, down 4.6% from the prior year. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, had revenues of $108.1 billion over the quarter, the company reported in a filing on Riyadh's Tadawul stock exchange. The company saw $107.2 billion in revenues and profits of $27.2 billion the same quarter last year. Aramco's stock traded over $6 a share Thursday, down from a high of around $8 last year. It has dropped over the past year as oil prices have dipped, and in recent months, as the OPEC+ oil cartel announced restoring production more rapidly and as uncertainty driven by US tariffs has rippled through Middle Eastern markets. Benchmark Brent crude traded Friday at over $63 a barrel, down from highs of over $80 in the last year.
Brent crude futures rose $1.06, or 1.64%, to $65.73 a barrel by 12:18 p.m. EDT (1618 GMT) while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.02, or 1.66%, to $62.35
Oil prices have recorded seven straight weekly declines since Donald Trump took office on January 20
Trump will include a process for Canada and Mexico to seek specific exemptions for certain imports, adding that new tariffs would become effective on March 1
Hurricane Rafael, which has caused 391,214 barrels per day of US crude oil production to be shut, is expected to move slowly
Oil price outlook: Given the low level of oil inventories, there could be a sustained geopolitical premium in crude price until the conflict is resolved in the short-term
U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July as unemployment increased to 4.3 per cent, pointing to possible weakness in the labor market and greater vulnerability to recession
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Stock market strategy: Equities, analysts said, have priced-in most positives and are likely to adjust to the fundamentals now with growth in earnings needed to justify high valuations
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The state-owned Saudi Arabian producer will reduce the official selling price of Arab Light by $1.05 a barrel for January from the previous month, according to the median estimate
This was the worst fall for the smallcap index since September 12, when it had tanked over 4 per cent
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