At 3:49 pm (Brasília time), Tuesday (19), WTI oil registered gains of 1.18%, traded at US$ 52.98 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The commodity registered gains this afternoon influenced by the technical movement of adjustments in positions after losses the day before. In addition, the market is attentive to the distribution of the coronavirus in order to control the continuous spread in the world and new lockdowns increasing uncertainties about the economic recovery. Negatively, the International Energy Agency (EIA) reported its forecast of global oil demand for 2021 at 5.5 million barrels per day, to 96.6 million this year.
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