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WTI Crude Settles at $89.43 and Brent Below $100 as Dollar Strength and Saudi Price Cuts Weigh on Oil
Read this in the Market Flux appCrude oil prices fell sharply on Monday, October 5, extending losses from the prior Friday session. November WTI crude settled at $89.43 per barrel, down $1.68 or 1.84%, while Brent crude settled at $100.32 per barrel, down $1.93 or 1.89%, dropping below the psychologically significant $100 level.
Two factors drove the selloff: a dollar index that climbed to a 1.5-year high, making dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for foreign buyers, and price cuts by Saudi Arabia that added bearish pressure to an already weakening market. November RBOB gasoline settled at $3.2462 per gallon, down more than 1%, while November NYMEX diesel settled at $4.5452 per gallon. Natural gas futures for November settled at $3.0660 per MMBTU.
Analysts had flagged crude oil as carrying the most two-way risk in the commodities complex heading into this period, a characterization borne out by the back-to-back sessions of significant losses.
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- InvestingCommodities market outlook: crude oil leads with the most two-way risk
- NasdaqCrude Oil Prices Weaken on Dollar Strength and Saudi Price Cuts
- Osint613I find it interesting that U.S. isn’t hitting back. Tanker for tanker policy seems like it’s been off for a bit. We will wait and see.
- Staunovo#Iran loaded zero crude onto tankers last month - US Treasury Sec Bessent #oott
- FinancialjuiceNYMEX Nat Gas Nov. futures settle at $3.0660/MMBTU
- FirstSquawkUS CRUDE OIL FUTURES SETTLE 1.84% LOWER AT $89.43/BBL, DOWN $1.68
- RedboxWireUS CRUDE OIL FUTURES SETTLE 1.84% LOWER AT $89.43/BBL, DOWN $1.68 BRENT CRUDE FUTURES SETTLE 1.89% LOWER AT $100.32/BBL, DOWN $1.93
- MikeZaccardiBrent slips below $100
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- PolymarketJUST IN: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent reveals Iran loaded zero crude oil onto tankers last month as "Operation Economic Outcast" drives the Iranian rial to historic lows.