Monday, 6 January 2020

Brent Reaches $70 a Barrel on US-Iran tensions

The Brent March 2020 (front month) contract reached $70 a barrel.  Front month Nymex WTI in contrast hovered at $64 a barrel (Feb 2020). Both curves were in backwardation. Gold was trading similarly high around $1580 led by the Feb contract. Gold and silver remain in contango. Stocks overall are down with oil majors bucking the trend (Shell up 1.17% in UK trading - RDSA, BP up 1.81% in US trading - NYSE:BP).

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