By Francis Ogwo
The price of Brent Oil rose by 2.71% to $40.53 and West Texas Intermediate futures increased higher by 2.91% to trade $38.22.
According to reports, the prices rallied more than 2% after the outcome of the U.S. election, with both Brent and WTI gaining above their critical support levels.
This was however worsened by the COVID-19 attack and soft demand fears are still on the forefront of oil traders’ mind.
Brent oil futures gained 2.71% to $40.53 and West Texas Intermediate futures soared higher by 2.91% to trade $38.22.
This trend led to increase in buying pressure by oil traders at the Monday trading session, owing to political uncertainty already going out of bound, as being settled, coupled with the bias that the Democrats won the presidency but failed to also take control of the Senate from the opposition party.
This gives neither political party sufficient ammunition to make radical changes to the present policy and is seen as moderating each political party’s power at the U.S capital.
Chief Global Market Strategist at Axi, Stephen Innes, noted that “Oil is trading a bit higher this morning in line with broader risk assets and a slightly weaker dollar as Joe Biden was declared the president, while on the data front bot, US Jobs number and China’s resilient exports number released over the weekend paint a better picture for the global growth outlook than expected.
“However, what matters for oil is the pandemic and not the US election results. As with the case for all commodities, oil is priced on the spot markets, so the struggle is to breach the current supply level before prices can even think about starting to rise in any meaningful way.
“As lockdowns in Europe accelerate and localized outbreaks in the US widen, oil markets will likely be further tested during what is shaping up to be a winter of despair for oil prices.”
In the future, assets like stocks supported by low-interest rates can look past the next several months of volatility and begin to price recovery.
