The July Brent futures flat price has seen a slight uptick this morning, with price action initially remaining flat around $87.50/bbl handles between 03:30 and 07:30 BST, before briefly weakening to as low as $87.33/bbl at 07:40 BST. Since then, there has been a minor rally to hit $88.00/bbl at 11:45 BST.
Brent crude futures erased last Friday’s gains amid renewed Israel-Hamas peace talks which has moderated geopolitical tensions. The July contract was trading above $89/bbl handles on Friday before gapping below $88/bbl on Monday, trading at $87.50/bbl by 08:30 BST. Following
The June Brent futures flat price has witnessed a mixed afternoon, with price action initially strengthening to reach a peak of $89.82/bbl at 13:15 BST, before weakening to a low of $88.83/bbl at 15:50 BST.
German gas consumption rebounded sharply in the week to Apr 21 due to colder weather, with stocks at 67.2% of capacity compared with 69.1% the previous week.
The Brent futures flat price for the prompt contract has witnessed a mixed morning. Price action initially strengthened to reach a peak of $89.68/bbl at 08:15 BST, before retracing to below the $89/bbl mark, printing at $88.97/bbl at 10:05 BST.
June Brent futures flat price fell below $87.40/bbl at 15:50 BST before recovering to around $87.90/bbl at 17:00 BST (time of writing).
Brent skyrocketed from below $87/bbl at 01:25 BST on Apr 19 to flirting with $91/bbl just two hours later on the back of explosions heard from an Israeli strike on Iranian air space. However, resurrecting doubts regarding whether there is any actual wartime risk left to price, Iran’s downplaying of the incident spooked these bulls away, taking flat price back into its previous ranges.
The prompt Brent Futures contract saw a mixed morning, rising to a high of $88.48/bbl at 08:22 BST before seeing retracement and some consolidation around $88/bbl levels at 10:00 BST.
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The Jun Brent futures flat price saw rangebound price action until 15:38 BST, when prices rallied to $88.70/bbl only to drop below $87.80/bbl at 16:10 BST.
