
Oil price news: Oil swings as market awaits fresh signals on supply and demand
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Oil fluctuated on Monday as traders await fresh clues about global supply and demand balances.
Oil fluctuated on Monday as traders await fresh clues about global supply and demand balances.
Brent traded above US$81 a barrel after shedding more than 2 per cent last week, with West Texas Intermediate near $76. Participants at International Energy Week in London, a major industry gathering, are set to weigh the outlook for oil this week, while U.S. inflation data will shape expectations for when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates.
In wider markets, a gauge of the U.S. currency was steady, while most other commodities including copper were weaker.

Oil tankers are crossing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s actions to choke traffic through the shipping route have not hurt the U.S. economy, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Tuesday, reiterating the Trump administration’s position that the war should be over in weeks, not months.

Daily oil exports from the Middle Eastern Gulf, home to top exporter Saudi Arabia and other major producers, have dropped by at least 60 per cent in the week to March 15 compared to February due to disruptions and output cuts amid the U.S.-Iran war, according to shipping data and Reuters calculations.











