Crude Tumbles After Russia Said to Oppose Deeper Production Cuts

Futures dropped 1.7 percent in New York, snapping eight straight sessions of gains. Russia wants to continue with the current deal and any further supply curbs would send the wrong message to the market, according to government officials. The U.S. dollar gained, reducing the appeal of commodities denominated in that currency.

While prices have surged during the past week, oil remains in a bear market after concerns that rising global supply will offset output cuts from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners. Libya and Nigeria, exempt from the OPEC-led curbs, accounted for half of the group’s production boost last month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“Any proposal to cut deeper would result in an overshooting in prices, which would rapidly prove self-defeating due to the unprecedented velocity of U.S. shale oil,” said Jan Edelmann, an analyst at HSH Nordbank AG in Hamburg. “The rebalancing process in global oil markets is still making progress.”

West Texas Intermediate for August delivery was down 66 cents to $46.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 10:09 a.m. London time. Transactions on Tuesday will be booked Wednesday for settlement purposes because of the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Prices gained almost 11 percent in the eight days through Monday.

Brent for September settlement was at $48.97 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange, down 64 cents. The contract fell 0.1 percent to $49.61 on Tuesday, the first decline in nine sessions. Prices dropped 9.3 percent in the previous quarter.
more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-05/oil-slows-longest-win-streak-in-2016-as-russia-opposes-more-cuts

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