European spot gas prices dropped on Friday, mainly pressured by the increase in Norwegian supply. Indeed, following the (delayed) start-up of Troll, Norwegian flows rebounded to 237 mm cm/day on Friday, compared to 210 mm cm/day on Thursday. As for Russian flows, they increased to 329 mm cm/day on average, compared to 323 mm cm/day…
Equity markets remain on an upward trend and bonds are trading near their recent highs (yields near their lows). A key consumer survey showed lower inflation fears in the US, but the series is volatile and inflation should remain the key issue for a while. There is a Fed meeting this week, the big question…
The European power spot prices remained stable yesterday amid forecasts of mostly unchanged renewable production and power demand. Prices reached 77.86€/MWh in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, -0.69€/MWh day-on-day. The EUAs traded rangebound just above 53.20€/t for most of the day on Thursday, but managed to post slight gains at the end of the…
European spot gas prices increased slightly yesterday, supported mainly by lower-than-expected Norwegian supply. Indeed, the delayed end to maintenance at the Troll field reduced Norwegian gas export availability by 35 mm cm/day, limiting Norwegian flows to 210 mm cm/day on average yesterday (up however compared to the 150 mm cm/day of Wednesday). As for Russian…
ICE Brent price climbed back to 72.5 $/b at the prompt, as US monthly inflation recorded at 5% for May, likely boosted demand for long-dated commodity futures contracts. Saudi Arabia announced that they rose production by close to 0.4 mb/d in May, but the market remained in an upward momentum phase, as all Middle Eastern…
