Fueling Strategy: Please fuel as needed today/tonight, prices are down 8 cents today and will only go up less than a penny Saturday then Sunday look for prices to jump UP 9 cents ~Be Safe
Fueling Strategy: For Gasoline Users – Please wait to fuel, Saturday prices will drop 2 cents – Be Safe
NMEX Crude $ 76.32 UP $.9300
NYMEX ULSD $2.7962 UP $.0881
NYMEX Gas $2.3587 DN $.0208
NEWS
Oil prices stagnated this week as traders confront bearish trends including rising US stockpiles and a rebound in demand that hasn’t lived up to expectations.
US crude inventories have grown by almost 24 million barrels in the last two weeks, adding to an already oversupplied market. Diesel prices also hit their lowest since pre-war levels as inventories rise and Russia finds ways to export significant amounts of the fuel, said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president of trading at BOK Financial Securities.
Meanwhile, a proxy for US demand — the four-week average of gasoline product supplied — was at the second-lowest seasonal level since 2014. The trend is dulling some of the optimism that China’s demand will rebound following the end of Covid Zero policies. Crude futures on Friday closed 2 cents lower than where they ended last week, which saw prices decline 4.2%.
Futures have been stuck in a $10 range since the end of 2022, forming what’s known as a symmetrical triangle pattern, as optimism over China’s reopening contends with concerns about monetary tightening. The technical pattern suggests crude may continue to consolidate before breaking out.
“Many traders also believe inflation is beginning to slow fuel demand in the US,” Kissler said. “The wild card will be if the slowing effects move into Asia.”
PRICES
WTI for April deliver rose 93 cents to settly at $76.32 a barrel in New York
Brent for April settlement rost 95 cents to settle at $83.16 a barrel.
Have a Great Day,
Loren R Bailey, President
Office: 479-846-2761
Cell: 479-790-5581
Tell Us How We’re Doing On Google Business
https://g.page/r/CUyL9wDolv04EAI/review
As always, thank you so much for being a part of the Fuel Manager Services, Inc. family, and we look forward to making this the best year yet!
“Celebrating 30-years of Service Excellence”
www.FuelManagerServices.com
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” ~ Douglas Adams
