Crude Oil Marketers Gains As Crude Resumes Decline

The stocks were the best performers on the Nifty 50 Index.

Shares of the Crude oil marketing companies rose in today’s trade after the crude oil resumed declines after a one-day rally.

The Brent crude oil slip 0.86 percent to trade at 69.52 a barrel.

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What Would Happen To USD If Oil Hits $100 A Barrel?

Technical Perspective

The main focus is now on a retest of the year to date high (and 2011 low) around 75.15. Above here and the next technical resistance level will be the 61.8% retracement from 2014 highs around 79.51. To the downside, support is seen along the bullish channel base which, while intact, keeps focus on the further upside.

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US will be Tough on Iran Sanctions, And that Could Sting Consumers

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – US will be Tough on Iran Sanctions, And that Could Sting Consumers — A senior State Department official Tuesday said the U.S. is seeking a reduction in Iranian exports to zero and does not intend to grant any waivers for companies or countries seeking exemptions. President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, which continues to be supported by Iran and the other parties to it: the U.K., Germany, Russia, China, Italy and France.

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Crude oil near $71 amid Middle East tensions

Crude Oil Bounces as OPEC Adopts Underwhelming Production Increase

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Crude Oil jumped the most since late 2016 after OPEC adopted a smaller-than-expected production increase. – Futures advanced 4.6 percent in New York on Friday to close above $68 a barrel for the first time this month. Although the OPEC-led group of 24 major oil producers approved a 1 million barrel boost to daily output, several cartel members said the actual increase will only reach 700,000 because some nations are incapable of pumping more crude.

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OPEC Is Said to Have Deal in Principle With Iran for Output Hike

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – OPEC has reached an agreement in principle to boost oil production, achieving a last-minute compromise that overcame Iran’s threats to veto any supply hike. The preliminary accord allows for an additional 600,000 barrels a day of oil to flow onto the market, about 0.5 percent of global supply, said a delegate. That reflects a 1 million barrel-a-day adjustment on paper to the production cuts implemented by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, the delegate said, asking not to be named because the information is private.

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Crude Oil Prices

OPEC Nears Deal on Oil-Supply Boost After Saudi-Iran Talks

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said he had a good meeting with his Saudi counterpart in Vienna on Friday and he wasn’t feeling pessimistic about the possibility for a compromise — a reversal of his position on Thursday night. After a tumultuous few weeks that have whipsawed crude markets, his comments suggested oil consumers from the U.S. to India and China could soon find some relief from high prices.        

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