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Oil price slumps 7% to one-year low as rout extends to 12 days
NEW YORK: Oil's slide accelerated on Tuesday, with U.S. futures suffering their steepest one-day loss in more than three years due to ongoing worries about weakening global demand and oversupply.
U.S. futures closed down 7.1 percent, for a record 12th straight decline and the lowest since November 2017. More than 980,000 contracts changed hands, as funds shed positions.
"It's like a run on the bank," said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. "It's getting to the point where it doesn't seem to be about fundamentals anymore, but a total collapse in price."
Traders said the selling was an extension of Monday's, which was triggered after U.S. President Donald Trump posted a tweet meant to put pressure on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries not to cut supply to prop up prices.
Trump's tweet followed weekend reports that Saudi Arabia was considering a production cut at the December OPEC meeting, on increased alarm that supply has started to outpace consumption.
Speculators have pulled back on heavy bets on an oil rally, a process that continued Tuesday, traders said. As of last week, hedge funds and other money managers had reduced their long position in oil contracts to their lowest since August 2017.
Traders said that recent weakness in equities has fanned concerns about global growth, which is also contributing to declines in oil.
U.S. crude futures settled down $4.24 a barrel, or 7.1 percent, to $55.69 a barrel. It was the largest one-day percentage decline for the contract since September 2015. U.S. crude has lost 28 percent since its early October peak.
Brent ended down $4.65, or 6.6 percent, to $65.47 a barrel, the largest one-day loss since July. Brent has lost 25 percent since peaking at a four-year high in early October. It now sits at levels not seen since March.
In its monthly report, OPEC said world oil demand next year would rise by 1.29 million barrels per day (bpd), 70,000 bpd less than predicted last month and the fourth consecutive forecast cut. Output, however, rose by 127,000 bpd to 32.9 million bpd, OPEC said.
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday that OPEC agreed there was a need to cut oil supply next year by around 1 million barrels per day from October levels to prevent oversupply.
Even as the Saudis have promised to reduce output, U.S. production reached 11.6 million bpd in the most recent week, a new record. Russia has given mixed signals about a cut, with Lukoil Chief Executive Vagit Alekperov saying on Monday that he did not see cuts being necessary.
"They can't make up their minds on a cutback or not," said Bob Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho. "These strange bedfellows no longer seem like they're in the same bed anymore." - Reuters
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nobita guan eng now trembling, peeing in pants, hoping OPEC hold up oil price. his job is on the line
2018-11-14 17:33
Aiyo no worry lah...Malaysia econmy very resilient one. Even a bunch of thieve govern our country for 10years, Malaysia also cannot go bankrupt. Bursa will get better and better as time go by. Cheer.
2018-11-14 18:18
The treasury is asking 54billion myr from Petronas, Petronas has 170+billion myr of cash, total current asset of Petronas is 70+ billion higher than its total liabilities (long-term and short term).
No problem at all, Lol even if crude oil drop to 0.00 in 2019, still no problem for government to balance the 2019 budget okay.
Gov won't kaput lah, stop the fear mongering lah.
2018-11-14 18:56
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