Oil to resume its rise on an output increase from OPEC of less than 500K bpd – OCBC
|Brent ended last week 3.7% higher but its staggering rally in the past month suggests long specs are set to unwind a fair amount of their position.
OPEC+ meeting this Thursday will determine how much supply curbs are eased. Strategists at OCBC Bank think if the combined increase does not exceed 500kbpd, that will be bullish for prices.
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“The sell-off on Friday could just be the beginning of a deeper correction but we view this largely as technical. Crack margins have continued to trend higher despite the sell-off.”
“We would choose to do a tactical short on the market early this week but will want to remain more neutral by Wednesday, as markets await the output decision from OPEC+. We expect markets to resume its trend higher if the total output increase does not exceed 500kbpd (a total of 1.5mbpd is on the cards).”
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