Crude prices remained stable, hovering around 83.5 $/b for the January ICE Brent contract. Expectations of a response from the US administration raised uncertainty in the crude oil market, as Biden’s toolbox for limiting the current price rally could be disruptive for sections of the market. If Biden decided to release stocks from the SPR – without…
European gas prices increased yesterday as the hopes of an increase in Russian flows have been dashed. Indeed, Gazprom did not book extra transportation capacity at daily auctions on Sunday, and actually Russian flows remained almost stable yesterday, at 252 mm cm/day. On their side, Norwegian flows were up, averaging 347 mm cm/day, compared to…
No significant news yesterday. US equity markets did find the resources to go a little higher on speculation that Joe Biden may decide to appoint Lail Brainard to replace Jerome Powell as Fed chair. This would probably ensure an even more accommodative bias in monetary policy, but it is unlikely that he would risk destabilising…
The power spot prices fade yesterday in northwestern Europe, weighted by forecasts of higher German wind production, French nuclear availability and hydro generation, although the stronger demand and rising fuels and carbon prices may have limited the losses. The day-ahead prices averaged 175.09 in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, -25.32€/MWh day-on-day. The EUAs finally…
Crude prices continued to be supported, at 83.5 $/b on early Monday, as the OPEC saga ended on Friday with Saudi official selling prices being disclosed for the month of December. Surprisingly, The Saudis hiked crude differentials to Asia by 1.4 $/b against the Oman/Dubai average, one of the highest monthly hikes on record, in clear…
