WTI slumps 4% to fresh three-week lows sub-$38 amid coronavirus fears

WTI dives on demand concerns as coronavirus cases surge in the EU.
Potential lockdowns in Germany, France hit risk sentiment.
API crude stocks build raise oversupply fears, EIA data in focus.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

WTI (futures on NYMEX) remains heavy in the European session this Wednesday, trading close to the weakest levels in three weeks reached at 37.92.

The US oil is down about 4%, as we write, looking to extend the sell-off amid broad risk-aversion across the financial markets.

Surging coronavirus cases on both sides of the Atlantic coupled with potential nationwide lockdowns likely to be announced in France and Germany to contain the contagion almost killed the demand for higher-yielding assets such as oil.

Meanwhile, the lockdown fears in the EU re-ignited demand concerns for oil and its product, collaborating with the downside in the black gold.

Exacerbating the pain in the WTI barrel, the US weekly crude stockpiles data, published by the American Petroleum Institute (API), showed a bigger-than-expected rise in the crude stocks last week.

Rising US crude supplies and a rebound in the Libyan oil production raise oversupply fears, rendering oil-negative once again.

Oil traders eagerly await fresh virus stats from across the globe and the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) US crude stocks change data for near-term trading opportunities.

WTI technical levels

WTI

Overview
Today last price	38.11
Today Daily Change	-0.88
Today Daily Change %	-2.25
Today daily open	39.05

Trends
Daily SMA20	40.11
Daily SMA50	40.46
Daily SMA100	40.48
Daily SMA200	38.19

Levels
Previous Daily High	39.93
Previous Daily Low	38.63
Previous Weekly High	41.93
Previous Weekly Low	39.65
Previous Monthly High	43.56
Previous Monthly Low	36.43
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	39.43
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	39.12
Daily Pivot Point S1	38.47
Daily Pivot Point S2	37.9
Daily Pivot Point S3	37.17
Daily Pivot Point R1	39.77
Daily Pivot Point R2	40.5
Daily Pivot Point R3	41.08

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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