Hopes for peace but what about sanctions?
Markets reacted strongly yesterday to Russia’s announcement of a significant reduction in military activity in the Kiev region. Many saw this as confirmation of progress…
ICE Brent prompt contract eased to 68.5 $/b. An OPEC+ internal document showed poor compliance in March, as the cumulative overproduction reached 3.3 mb/d. The main contributor remained Russia and Iraq, with a combined overproduction of 1.5 mb/d. India will purchase a regular volume of Saudi crude in June according to trading sources. Indian refiners had reduced May’s lifting schedule. Singapore product stocks continued to show depleting gasoline stocks, while the fuel oil glut continued to build.
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