At around 6.30 pm (Brasília time), this Thursday (18th), the WTI spot contract registered a sharp drop of 7.12% and was traded at US$ 60.00 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. Earlier, it reached $ 58.20 / barrel, renewing lows since September. The penultimate session of the week was strongly pressured by the fears of the international market focused on the new growth of the spread of the coronavirus in the world in the main oil importing countries. In addition to the suspension of the disease vaccine at the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in France, Spain, Germany, Italy and six other countries. Attention also to the future of inflation in the United States, which may rise to compensate for the population aid package and decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (Fomc, in English) of the Federal Reserve (FED, United States central bank) of keep the basic interest rate unchanged.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.