NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Oil turned around last week’s setback, extending a slow but relentless rise since falling into negative territory in April.
U.S. benchmark crude futures rose 2.3% Friday to close at the highest level since March 6. The 9.6% increase for the week marks the seventh gain in the last eight weeks. Oil traders Vitol Group and Trafigura Group and exporter Saudi Aramco all talked up the strength of the demand recovery in recent days, and prices for some of the world’s major oil products have begun to roar higher. OPEC+ gave reassurance on output cuts on Thursday.
“You had three key ingredients making the market climb this week,” said Thomas Finlon of Houston-based GF International. A drop in U.S. refined product inventories, OPEC compliance and falling crude inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, all contributed to the price strength, he said.
https://www.worldoil.com//news/2020/6/19/oil-prices-continue-their-rise-albeit-slowly-since-april-s-crash?id=31307113
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