Crude turns up

4 nov

Crude prices shot higher overnight following news that OPEC+ has delayed an expected production increase. Both Brent and WTI were up around 3% on the news, even though the announced delay is only for a month. This has taken front-move crude back up to an area of resistance around $71.50-72.00. If it can push above this region convincingly, and then hold it on any pullback, then this starts to improve the immediate outlook as far as the bulls are concerned. The daily MACD has started to turn up a touch, and while it remains in negative territory, this suggests an uptick in upside momentum. There has also been some relief that Iran did not take the opportunity over the weekend to launch an attack on Israel in retaliation for the Israeli attack the week before. Prices had jumped on Thursday evening after Israeli intelligence reported that Iran was planning to attack Isreal from its bases within Iraq.