Market Report: calm has been restored to global markets…for now

Matt Britzman
  • FTSE 100 flat at the open after posting new record yesterday.
  • Barratt offers an upbeat outlook.
  • Heineken raises a glass.
  • US inflation data in focus.
  • Oil dips after 3-day streak.

Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

“There’s an overarching sense of calm in the air, perhaps a little unnerving given the storm of political drama we’ve become accustomed too since Tump took office. The FTSE 100 opened flat this morning, and after posting another record high...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/12/market-report-calm-has-been-restored-to-global-markets-for-now/

Strength, then oversupply? Parsing the latest EIA oil forecast

The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) new short-term energy forecast confirms strong demand for 2025 but notes that the balance of supply and demand will shift toward oversupply in the back half of the year and 2026.

“We expect downward oil price pressures over much of the next two years, as we expect that global oil production will grow more than global oil demand,” the EIA wrote.” We forecast that the Brent crude oil price will average $74 per barrel (b) in 2025, 8% less than in 2024,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/strength-then-oversupply-parsing-the-latest-eia-oil-forecast

The Light Load: 1 pork platter, hold the Louisiana Light Sweet

Dear ExxonMobil, Quaker State and J.R. Ewing: Can I be in the room the next time somebody gets to name a newly discovered, blended or synthesized oil?

No really. I’ve now read enough diesel-related stories at FreightWaves to believe that the people who come up with names like “Bayou Choctaw Sour” have the indisputably best job in all of fuel marketdom, maybe in all the world. (I’d wager it’s at least as fun as nicknaming the latest marmot, hippo or plucky wildebeest at the Henry Doorly Zoo and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-1-pork-platter-hold-the-louisiana-light-sweet

OPEC+ G20: Finaliza guerra de precios petróleo con un acuerdo histórico

Los productores más importantes del mundo (OPEC+ y el G20) llegaron a un acuerdo histórico al comprometerse a reducir la producción mundial de petróleo alrededor del 10% y terminando así la guerra de precios entre Rusia y Arabia Saudita. Las partes involucradas en el acuerdo incluyen la OPEC+ y el...

https://fullavantenews.com/opec-g20-finaliza-guerra-de-precios-petroleo-con-un-acuerdo-historico/?lang=es