New U.S. tariffs and an unexpected production increase from OPEC+ could trigger what the Bank of America called a “negative commodity demand shock”

Oil prices rose slightly after the United States vowed to keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until the Iran-aligned group ends its assaults on shipping, while Chinese economic data buoyed hopes for higher demand

Oil prices settled higher after U.S. crude inventories fell and the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected, but gains were capped as the Fed signalled it would slow the pace of cuts

Oil futures fell nearly 2% as investors awaited an imminent OPEC+ decision on production cuts, while a larger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude stockpiles last week lent some support to prices

Oil prices rose as Russia and Ukraine exchanged missile strikes, overshadowing the impact of a larger-than-expected increase in U.S. crude inventories

Oil prices plummeted, erasing their gains for the year, after a deal to restore Libyan supplies shifted market focus back to concerns about weak global crude demand

Goldman Sachs has raised its Brent crude oil price forecasts, projecting $86 a barrel for the second half of 2024, up from $85 previously, and $82 for 2025, up from $80

A meeting of senior OPEC+ ministers kept oil output policy unchanged and pressed some countries to increase compliance with output cuts

Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier in 2023, as the world’s biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil

Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to extend their voluntary oil production cuts through the end of this year, trimming 1.3 million barrels of crude out of the global market and boosting energy prices