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Oil prices rose from multi-month lows on Monday as investors’ appetite strengthened after data on US jobs and Chinese exports eased recession fears.
Brent crude futures were up 81 cents, or 0.9%, to $95.73 a barrel by 0638 GMT.
The price of US West Texas Intermediate crude was $89.76 per barrel, up 75 cents, or 0.8 percent.
Both futures closed higher on Friday after the United States, the world’s largest oil user, surprisingly increased job growth in July. China stunned investors on Sunday with a faster-than-expected increase in exports.
US inventories encouraged trades based on a worsening outlook
Last week’s signs of weak demand in US inventories encouraged trades based on a worsening outlook, according to Stephen Innes, managing director of SPI Asset Management. However, the figures on jobs and exports had partially reversed that perception, he added.
Front-month Brent prices fell 13.7 percent last week, marking their worst weekly decrease since April 2020, while WTI fell 9.7 percent as concerns about a recession affecting oil consumption impacted on prices.
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China, the world’s largest oil importer
According to customs data, China, the world’s largest oil importer, imported 8.79 million barrels per day (bpd) of petroleum in July, up from a four-year low in June but still 9.5 percent less than a year earlier.
Even though the country’s overall exports increased, Chinese refiners reduced stocks due to high crude prices and weak local profits.
ANZ reduced its oil consumption
ANZ reduced its oil consumption predictions for 2022 and 2023 by 300,000 bpd and 500,000 bpd, respectively, reflecting weaker US gasoline demand and China’s zero-Covid strategy.
Oil demand for 2022 is now expected to climb by 1.8 million barrels per day year on year, reaching 99.7 million barrels per day, barely short of pre-pandemic highs, according to the bank.
Despite an upcoming European Union embargo that would take effect on December 5, Russian crude and oil product exports continued to flow.
Last week, energy companies in the United States reduced the number of oil rigs by the most since September. It was the first decrease in ten weeks.
