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WTI wavers around $71 after Glencore says Iran’s supply resumption already priced in

WTI is posting small gains around the $71 mark, keeping its range play intact around the latter, as a mixed market mood offsets receding fears over the resumption of the Iranian oil supply to the market.

Meanwhile, the comments from the head of Oil at Glencore also fail to have any impact on the black. The Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company said that the return of Iranian oil to markets already priced in.

Additional comments

Expect OPEC+ increasing output gradually to 40 million bpd.

Sees volatility in energy market, not super-cycle, as a result of spike in demand, new regulations.

LNG as a big growth business for Glencore.

Sees refining margins remain under pressure in Q3.

Capex cuts will put oil markets in OPEC+ hands.

Sees rising oil prices in coming months as a result of vaccination programmes.

At the time of writing, WTI is up 0.49% on the day, trading at $71.22. Oil traders await the US Retail Sales data and American Petroleum Institute’s (API) weekly crude stockpiles data for fresh near-term trading opportunities in the commodity.

WTI technical levels to watch

WTI

Overview
Today last price71.20
Today Daily Change-0.02
Today Daily Change %-0.03
Today daily open70.95
 
Trends
Daily SMA2067.35
Daily SMA5064.78
Daily SMA10062.35
Daily SMA20053.01
 
Levels
Previous Daily High71.46
Previous Daily Low70.48
Previous Weekly High70.93
Previous Weekly Low68.35
Previous Monthly High67.42
Previous Monthly Low61.53
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%71.08
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%70.85
Daily Pivot Point S170.46
Daily Pivot Point S269.98
Daily Pivot Point S369.48
Daily Pivot Point R171.45
Daily Pivot Point R271.94
Daily Pivot Point R372.43

Author

Dhwani Mehta

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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