Strong Dollar, Supply Concerns Hold Oil Prices Steady

摘要

Oil prices settled largely unchanged on Thursday as worries about Canadian and Nigerian supply outages offset the impact of a stronger dollar, which has rallied on growing expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month. The prospect of a US rate increase in June prompted investors earlier on Thursday to cash out of long positions in Brent and US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI). Those positions made money after oil rallied on Monday and Tuesday on worries about supply outages.