Monday 19 March 2018

Crude Dips as Stock Markets Swoon Amid Ballooning Shale Output - Bloomberg

Crude Dips as Stock Markets Swoon Amid Ballooning Shale Output - Bloomberg:

"Crude slipped for the first time in four sessions as equities declined around the world against the backdrop of surging oil-production growth from U.S. shale drillers. Futures dropped as much as 1.6 percent in New York on Monday. Investors dumped stocks as risky holdings fell out of favor across the globe. The anxiety rippled through a crude market already unsettled by an increase in drilling activity by American explorers as well as inventories in U.S. tanks and terminals that have expanded in six of the past seven weeks. “We should continue to see” rising U.S. production and stored supplies, said Tariq Zahir, a New York-based commodity fund manager at Tyche Capital Advisors LLC. “If we see a further equity selloff,” crude’s losses may deepen. "



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