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WTI Crude •10 mins | 59.82 | +0.07 | +0.12% | |
Brent Crude •10 mins | 62.87 | +0.17 | +0.27% | |
Natural Gas •10 mins | 2.849 | +0.010 | +0.35% | |
Mars US •38 mins | 59.75 | -0.29 | -0.48% | |
Opec Basket •2 days | 64.24 | -0.13 | -0.20% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.933 | -0.003 | -0.18% | |
Louisiana Light •2 days | 62.94 | -1.01 | -1.58% |
Marine •20 hours | 61.42 | -2.73 | -4.26% | |
Murban •20 hours | 61.70 | -2.85 | -4.42% | |
Iran Heavy •20 hours | 60.12 | -1.71 | -2.77% | |
Basra Light •20 hours | 63.07 | -1.03 | -1.61% | |
Saharan Blend •20 hours | 63.04 | -1.58 | -2.45% | |
Bonny Light •20 hours | 62.71 | -1.25 | -1.95% |
Canadian Crude Index •20 hours | 48.25 | -0.96 | -1.95% | |
Western Canadian Select •19 hours | 49.64 | -0.26 | -0.52% | |
Canadian Condensate •19 hours | 59.64 | -0.86 | -1.42% | |
Premium Synthetic •19 hours | 61.04 | -0.86 | -1.39% | |
Sweet Crude •19 hours | 58.39 | -0.81 | -1.37% | |
Peace Sour •19 hours | 56.64 | +0.64 | +1.14% |
Louisiana Light •2 days | 62.94 | -1.01 | -1.58% | |
Domestic Swt. @ Cushing •20 hours | 56.25 | -1.00 | -1.75% | |
Giddings •20 hours | 50.00 | -1.00 | -1.96% | |
ANS West Coast •5 days | 64.38 | -1.90 | -2.87% | |
West Texas Sour •20 hours | 53.70 | -2.06 | -3.69% | |
Eagle Ford •20 hours | 57.65 | -2.06 | -3.45% |
Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for Credit Lyonnais, and later Director of Forex at Bank of Montreal. He was then Head of Weekly Publications and Chief Writer for Business Monitor International, Head of Fuel Oil Products for Platts, and Global Managing Editor of Research for Renaissance Capital in Moscow. He has written extensively on oil and gas, Forex, equities, bonds, economics and geopolitics for many leading publications, and has worked as a geopolitical risk consultant for a number of major hedge funds in London, Moscow, and Dubai. In addition, he has authored five books on finance, oil, and financial markets trading published by ADVFN and available on Amazon, Apple, and Kobo.
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