Naphtha & Gasoline reports
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The Aug Brent Futures flat price has had a mixed morning, falling from $83.25/bbl at 07:20 BST down to $82.95/bbl by 09:10 before it rallied up to the morning’s high of $83.50/bbl at 09:50 BST. Following this it has softened
Over the past 2 weeks we have seen downward pressure on the 0.5 E/W with news from the East that there was little demand after tenders issued by Al Zour refinery in Kuwait. However…
The Aug Brent Futures flat price has had a weak afternoon, falling steadily from $84.50/bbl at 12:00 BST to $83.80/bbl at 14:50 BST.
The Aug Brent futures flat price has had a reasonably quiet morning trading in a very tight range around $84.30/bbl. It has since seen a minor uptick to $84.65/bbl, where it is currently trading as of 11:00 BST.
Long 0.5% Sing Jun/Jul There has been tepid demand for LSFO at the moment and with Al Zour refinery issuing tenders at the beginning of May there has been a good supply. But we expect that to correct a little
It seems like the North Sea crude market has begun to gasp for air after drowning in a very weak May.
The Aug Brent flat price saw a positive afternoon starting from $83.00/bbl and rallying up to $84.80/bbl as at 16:40 BST.
The Jul EBOB crack started the fortnight strong but softened quickly and retraced below $18/bbl on May 22 where it found support albeit only shifting to trade around a range of $18-18.30/bbl.
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The Aug Brent futures flat price has had a fairly flat morning, trading in a narrow range between $82.75/bbl and $83.15/bbl.
Short Jun 0.5 Euro crack European 0.5 Barges has been very weak recently due to tepid demand alongside Europe ample stock piles. We have seen a slight pull back in Euro 0.5 Euro which is now entering the overbought zone
Technical indicators indicate an RSI that has lifted out of oversold territory for Brent, ICE gasoil and RBOB gasoline futures although other indicators flag short-term bearish momentum
For the week to May 21, we saw differing positions adopted by money managers and prod/merc players across the two benchmarks.
The Aug Brent futures flat price primarily traded around $82.10/bbl all morning although it ultimately climbed to $82.35/bbl as of 11:15 BST.
The July Brent futures flat price has had a strong afternoon, mitigating the losses it saw this morning. The contract kicked off the afternoon at lows of $80.80/bbl at 13:50 BST before seeing a stellar rally up to $82.15/bbl at
