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Oil prices fall on profit-taking, still record weekly gain

July 14, 2023By Reuters
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BENGALURU, July 14 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell more than a dollar a barrel on Friday as the dollar strengthened and oil traders booked profits from a strong rally, with crude benchmarks recording their third-straight weekly gain.

Brent crude futures settled at USD 79.87 per barrel, down USD 1.49, or 1.8%, while the US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell USD 1.47, or 1.9%, to settle at USD 75.42 a barrel.

“It just appears to be some profit taking, with some demand concerns coming back to the front and center as the dollar rebounds,” said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital.

The US dollar index edged higher after hitting a 15-month low during the session, as investors consolidated ahead of the weekend. A stronger greenback reduces oil demand, making crude more expensive for investors holding other currencies.

Next week, however, the rally could resume as easing inflation, plans to refill the US strategic reserve, supply cuts and disruptions could support the market, said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at US Bank Wealth Management.

“While oil prices are likely slightly overbought in the very near term, touching the highest levels since early May, the bias appears to be for a grind higher,” Haworth said.

Oil prices gained nearly 2% on a weekly basis, after supply disruptions in Libya and Nigeria heightened concerns that the markets will tighten in coming months.

Several oilfields in Libya were shut down on Thursday because of a local tribe’s protest against the kidnapping of a former minister. Separately, Shell suspended loadings of Nigeria’s Forcados crude oil owing to a potential leak at a terminal.

The Libya disruption is halting an estimated 370,000 barrels per day (bpd) while the loss from the Nigerian outage is pegged at 225,000 bpd, said PVM analyst John Evans.

Russian oil exports have also decreased significantly and, if this trend continues next week, it would probably drive prices up further since Russian oil exports are set to be reduced by 500,000 bpd in August, added Commerzbank analysts.

(Reporting by Shariq Khan in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Natalie Grover in London, Sudarshan Varadhan in Singapore, and Katya Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Louise Heavens, David Gregorio, Mark Potter, and Deepa Babington)

 

This article originally appeared on reuters.com

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