ICE Brent started the week on a very strong note today and has been trading up around 1.4% in the morning session – to above US$91/bbl. Mounting concerns over Russia-Ukraine tensions continued to boost supply risk premia for energy products. NYMEX WTI has also increased to around US$88/bbl in morning trade today.
Brent timespread has also widened today, with prompt/next month spread increasing to a one year high of US$1.7/bbl of backwardation as buyers rush to secure physical cargoes of oil. Refined products have also seen demand strengthening in the spot market, with ICE gasoil cracks increasing to around US$15.8/bbl whilst gasoline cracks also trade firm for this time of the year.
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