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Oil rallies as Chengdu eases lockdowns, gold weakness continues

Oil rebounds as China relaxes Covid restrictions Oil is rebounding as China begins to ease some of their COVID lockdowns. The next major move in crude was always going to be triggered by the world’s biggest oil consumer and the loosening of lockdown restrictions should put a firm bottom in place. In addition to Chengdu’s easing of COVID restrictions, the White House is debating when they should refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Crude prices seem poised to rally further now that

14-09-2022 15:42 GMT by Edward Moya

Oil outlook uncertain, gold under pressure

A still uncertain outlook for oil demand Oil prices suffered alongside risk assets on Tuesday, albeit to a much lesser extent, with the threat to the US economy of much higher interest rates a downside risk. Of course, it's yet another risk that I'm sure OPEC+ will be keen to stress it would adapt to in its desperation to ease market volatility and keep prices high. The oil price is a little higher after the IEA monthly report which claimed oil use for power generation will hit 700,000 barrels p

14-09-2022 08:08 GMT by Craig Erlam