US Crude Oil near $50: No Impact on Some Oil-Weighted Stocks
On December 12, US crude oil January futures fell 1% and closed at $51.15 per barrel. The market wasn’t expecting a decline of 1.2 million barrels in US crude oil inventories for the last week, which might have dragged oil prices. OPEC and its allies’ production cut might not have boosted the bullish sentiment for oil prices, which we discussed in the previous part.