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Oil heads higher, gold under pressure
Are we seeing some bullish momentum in crude prices? Oil prices are rebounding again today alongside a slight uptick in market sentiment more broadly. Perhaps some of the confidence in Washington that a deal on the debt ceiling isn't far away, amid "steady progress", is filtering through to the markets, although default was almost certainly never a realistic possibility in the first place. Crude has gathered a little upward momentum over the last week or so, with prices making higher lows on the
by Craig Erlam
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Oil and gold both take a tumble
Oil Crude prices are sliding as the dollar rallies on bets that the Fed might not be tightening. ​ Good news for the economy is now bad news for the crude demand outlook as economic resilience will force the Fed to kill the economy. Oil is becoming an easy trade, as it will track the dollar and not so much anything else.
by Edward Moya
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