Oil prices continue to fall
Oil fell in price on Monday, with Brent down 0.72% to $72.09.
WTI dropped 0.59% to $68.88. A negative factor
was the continuing worsening of the coronavirus in the world, which
which gave players concerns about the outlook for demand. In addition, the
sentiment was affected by Friday's weak statistics on U.S.
The mood was also affected by Friday's weak U.S. jobs data, which saw quotations finish last week down more than 1%.
week dropped more than 1%.
Pressure on the latter was also put by Saudi Arabia's intention
to lower oil prices for the Asian region, which it announced
on Sunday.
According to Rystad Energy analyst Bjornar Tunhoegen,
published by Bloomberg, market participants really
feel insecure and will be catching signals that will
them to get an idea of future oil demand. This
is due to the fact that new strains of the coronavirus haven't stopped
spreading, he explained.