February WTI Crude futures have plunged to new cycle lows at $28.60 (down 2.7%) as Iran supply looms over an already over-glutted global crude market [5]. Brent is down even more (-3.7%). Dow futures are down 60 points at the open.
- *WTI OIL FALLS AS MUCH AS 2.7%, BRENT CRUDE DROPS 3.7%
Feb futures (which have just rolled) are under $29...
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And the new on the run March contract is trading $29.60, down 2.6%...
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It seems Nomura may be right:
“Iran’s additional crude shipments have the potential to further depress prices, perhaps to as low as $25 a barrel,” Gordon Kwan, Hong Kong-based analyst at Nomura Holdings Inc., says by e-mail Sunday.
And crude weakness (and fears over US banks) are weighing on US equities... Dow futures down 65 points
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