The September Brent Futures contract has seen a mixed morning, trading from $84.30/bbl at 08:00 BST up to a high of $85.26/bbl at 10:25 BST before retracing down slightly to print at $84.86/bbl at the time of writing (11:15 BST).
Short July 92/MOPJ 92 has been struggling to keep up with the recent strength in RBOB and there is still a firm bullish trend in naphtha. We think this will continue into the end of the month so we expect
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The September Brent futures contract has seen a downward trend all afternoon, softening from nearly $85/bbl at 11:35 BST to below $84/bbl at 14:40 BST.
The September Brent futures flat price has been well-supported this morning following an earlier decline.
On 17 June, the world went to sleep with the physical differential still in sub-zero territory at -30c/bbl and woke to a whole new regime with the physical diff bid above 1c/bbl.
The September Brent Futures flat price has had a fairly flat afternoon, trading between $85.30/bbl and $86/bbl.
The July ’24 EBOB crack hit a low of $14.10/bbl on June 12, establishing a floor through June 17 amid low liquidity. Heavy refiner selling peaked on June 24 with over 280kb of July’24sold. On June 18, RBBR found support at $18.50/bbl, prompting some spread buying despite a quiet market.
The September Brent Futures contract experienced a weak start this morning, opening around $85/bbl at 09:00 BST, dropping to a low of $84.74/bbl by 11:00 BST, before slightly recovering to $85.86/bbl at the time of writing (11:15 BST).
Long Q3 EBOB Crack After initial weakness this morning hanging over from yesterday, we think it’s a good opportunity to try and fade that weakness and take an opposing position. For brokerage services across the barrel and to receive our
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The August Brent Futures flat price has picked up strength this afternoon following a brief dip to $84.80/bbl at 14:20 BST.
Technical indicators showed major strength in both crude and products this week, following Brent’s rally to above $85/bbl. Brent, gasoil, and RBOB futures all saw their RSIs hover just below overbought territory at 65, 68, and 64, respectively. Bollinger
Technical fluff that has propped up Brent, thanks to a certain pair of hot hands in the North Sea, will likely
prove unsustainable.
