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Colas noted that when WTI crude prices ranged between $80 and $100 per barrel between 2008 and 2014, XLE typically outperformed. Old rusted oil rig in a field in Galveston, Texas. (Getty Images ...
Since U.S. WTI Midland crude oil transactions joined the dated Brent price assessment a year ago, U.S. oil exports have overshadowed the role of Cushing as a storage and pricing hub, traders and ...
Brent crude oil, the international benchmark price, fell by 4.63% to close at $77.42 per barrel. Over the last month, WTI crude oil is down more than 16% while the price of Brent crude is off more ...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a grade or mix of crude oil; the term is also used to refer to the spot price, the futures price, or assessed price for that oil. In colloquial usage, WTI usually refers to the WTI Crude Oil futures contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
NYMEX held a virtual monopoly on "open market" oil futures trading (as opposed to the "dark market" or over-the-counter market. However, in the early 2000s the electronically based exchanges started taking away the business of the open outcry markets like NYMEX. Enron's online energy trading system was part of this trend.
The first futures contracts on crude oil were traded in 1983, with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) both attempting to take advantage of the government's de-regulation of crude oil. CBOT's initial contracts had delivery problems, so customers abandoned it for Nymex.
WTI crude oil rose more than 5% to start the week on Monday, and it ticked up to above $73 a barrel Tuesday. Stocks ended Monday mixed, after North Carolina-based First Citizens ( FCNCA ) bank ...
In June 2005, crude oil prices broke the psychological barrier of $60 per barrel. From 2005 onwards, the price elasticity of the crude oil market changed significantly. Before 2005 a small increase in oil price lead to an noticeable expansion of the production volume. Later price rises let the production grow only by small numbers.