European gas prices extended gains yesterday, supported by the downward revision of temperatures. On the pipeline supply side, Norwegian flows were up yesterday, averaging 329 mm cm/day, compared to 315 mm cm/day on Tuesday. But Russian flows were lower, at 320 mm cm/day on average, compared to 327 mm cm/day on Tuesday. The rise in…
As expected, the House passed the stimulus bill yesterday. First checks will be sent as soon as this month the Treasury promised. In parallel, the bond market was reassured by lower-than-expected core inflation figures and a quiet 10-year Treasury bond auction. The US 10-y bond yield eased slightly further and the stock market posted some…
The European power spot prices started falling yesterday amid forecasts of surging wind output, rising temperatures and stronger hydro production. Prices hence eroded 10.31€/MWh from the day prior in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands to reach 50.60€/MWh on average. Despite higher temperatures, the French power consumption slightly strengthened by 1.10GW on Tuesday to average…
European gas prices were up overall yesterday, supported by the downward revision of temperatures and the ongoing weakness in Norwegian supply. Indeed, due to maintenance works, Norwegian flows were 315 mm cm/day on average yesterday, compared to 316 mm cm/day on Monday, below the 326 mm cm/day of February and 336 mm cm/day of January.…
ICE Brent crude prompt future continued to weaken towards 67 $/b mainly due to a rather bearish API data survey, showing that the US crude market continued to be strongly oversupplied, while Texan refineries struggled to ramp up output. Japanese markets showed weakness too, as refining runs struggled to ramp-up despite falling oil products inventories. …
