(1) Oil prices fluctuated slightly on Tuesday, suppressed by the 200-day moving average, and investors became cautious ahead of the OPEC+ meeting on Sunday, and the oil price rally was suspended. The sharp gains over the past two sessions have been driven by expectations that OPEC+ may discuss further supply cuts at the meeting.
(2) The main U.S. crude oil contract is currently down 0.34%, trading near $77.33 per barrel, and the main Brent crude oil contract is currently down 0.57%, trading near $81.87 per barrel. Both contracts climbed about 2% on Monday. Earlier, three OPEC+ sources told the media that OPEC+ will consider whether to further cut oil supply at a meeting later this month. Those gains pared on Tuesday.
(3) Tsuyoshi Ueno, senior economist at the NLI Institute, said, "Investors are taking a wait-and-see attitude to confirm the actual decision of OPEC+." ”
(4) OPEC+ is expected to extend oil supply cuts until next year, and may even increase production cuts, eight analysts predict.
(5) Helima Croft, an analyst at RBC Capital, said: "We think the group has some room to make larger cuts, but we expect Saudi Arabia to look to other members for additional barrel counts to share the burden of adjustment." "