At 3:40 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (26th), the WTI spot contract registered a 0.40% drop and was traded at US$ 61.88 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The commodity was influenced by the technical movement of realization of profits after gains last Friday (23), with the market apprehensive about the global demand, mainly in Brazil, Japan and India – that continues to record daily record in the cases of infection by coronavirus . In addition, the Joint Technical Committee of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Allies (JTC) kept its forecast for growth in global oil demand at 5.95 million barrels per day (bpd) unchanged this year. . Also beware of the new US monetary policy meeting that the Federal Reserve (FED) holds on Wednesday (28).
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.