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Oil powers higher, gold range-bound
Immense uncertainty It was always shaping up to be a volatile week in oil markets and it's certainly living up to that. Brent and WTI are up more than 2% on Wednesday as the EU continues to work towards an agreeable price cap on Russian crude and OPEC+ consider another large production cut this weekend. Both carry significant uncertainty and a wide range of outcomes that should ensure oil remains volatile in the coming days, especially if both go into the weekend still up in the air.
by Craig Erlam
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Oil rises on China optimism, gold rebounds
Oil Oil prices initially rose on hopes that both China’s COVID situation might be improving as protests are pressuring officials to ease some rules. China’s COVID infections declined for the first time in a week, and they are ramping up vaccination efforts for the elderly. The recent slide in oil prices has complicated where the EU should put the Russian oil price cap.
by Edward Moya
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