WTI Price Analysis: Steadies around $72.50 after OPEC’s normalizing Oil supply policy-indued losses


  • The Oil price finds support near $72.50 after falling consecutively for five trading session.
  • The OPEC+ would pause rollback of production cuts if demand appears to remain relatively weak.
  • WTI shifts into the bearish trajectory after an Inverted Flag breakdown.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, find a temporary cushion near $72.50 in Wednesday’s European session. The Oil price remains offered for an entire week due to deepening demand concerns and OPEC’s communication to shore up the market with more supply.

The OPEC’s meeting on June 2 indicated a decline in production cuts by 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) from September this year. Excess supply of Oil negatively influences its price. However, Saudi Arabia's energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, has said OPEC+ would pause the unwinding of the cuts or reverse them if demand wasn't strong enough to absorb the barrels, Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, investors shift focus to the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for May that will provide cues about when the Federal Reserve (Fed) will start reducing interest rates. The situation of Fed maintaining a restrictive interest rate framework for a longer period weigh on the Oil price as it negatively influences its demand outlook.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the US Dollar’s value against six major currencies, steadies above 104.00. In today’s session, investors will focus on the US ISM Services PMI and ADP Employment Change data for May.

WTI weakens after a breakdown of the Inverted Flag chart pattern formed on a daily timeframe. The Inverted Flag formation reflects an inventory adjustment process that follows the ongoing trend after the completion, which in this case is down.

Declining 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) near $77.35 suggests that the near-term outlook is vulnerable.

The 14-period Relative Strength Index (RSI) shifts into the bearish range of 20.00-40.00, indicating that momentum has leaned towards the downside.

Going forward, the upward-sloping trendline marked from 4 May 2023 low near $64.30 will act as major support for the Oil price bulls.

As the overall trend of the Oil price is bearish, investors should look for sell-at-rise opportunity to build fresh shorts. A pullback move to near June 4 high around $74.00 should be used as a selling opportunity for targets of February 5 low at $71.46 and the psychological support of $70.00.

WTI daily chart

WTI US OIL

Overview
Today last price 72.98
Today Daily Change 0.16
Today Daily Change % 0.22
Today daily open 72.82
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 77.89
Daily SMA50 80.85
Daily SMA100 79.06
Daily SMA200 79.49
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 74.03
Previous Daily Low 72.46
Previous Weekly High 80.41
Previous Weekly Low 76.52
Previous Monthly High 81.25
Previous Monthly Low 76.04
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 73.06
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 73.43
Daily Pivot Point S1 72.17
Daily Pivot Point S2 71.52
Daily Pivot Point S3 70.59
Daily Pivot Point R1 73.75
Daily Pivot Point R2 74.68
Daily Pivot Point R3 75.33

 

 

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