Commodities Chart Pack Gas & coal surge to support other commodity prices Natural gas and coal prices soared in September. In turn, this has raised the output costs of industrial metals, most notably those which are especially energy intensive such as aluminium and steel... 5th October 2021 · 12 mins read
Commodities Commodity prices on increasingly shaky ground After sharp falls in the middle of the month, most commodity prices ended August broadly flat. However, we doubt it will be long before the downward pressure on prices intensifies again. After all... 3rd September 2021 · 11 mins read
Commodities An emboldened UAE scuppers the OPEC+ united front Oil prices were rising in June even before the July OPEC+ meeting ended in disarray, without agreement. Strong growth in demand as economies lift virus-related restrictions is expected to continue to... 6th July 2021 · 11 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Prices to be falling by end-year Cold weather in parts of the northern hemisphere helped push up the prices of coal and natural gas last month, while oil prices also rose. We still think that average energy prices will be higher this... 2nd June 2021 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil prices to climb higher, despite recent setbacks Strong growth in industrial demand helped push up the prices of energy commodities used primarily in power generation last month, but oil prices slipped back. We continue to expect average energy... 12th April 2021 · 7 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil catch-up still has some way to go Oil prices have managed to claw back their lockdown-induced losses from last year, and we think that they will rise in the coming months as demand continues to revive. Meanwhile, natural gas and coal... 3rd March 2021 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Energy continues to play catch-up Energy commodity prices for the most part ended 2020 on a high, buoyed by strong seasonal demand, an increase in investor risk appetite and a weaker US dollar. And while energy commodities were the... 7th January 2021 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack On the way up The prospect of effective COVID-19 vaccines gave a lift to most energy commodities in November as they have raised the prospect of higher demand in 2021. We anticipate a particularly strong rebound in... 4th December 2020 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil demand fears back in the spotlight Some energy commodities such as natural gas and coal benefitted from a seasonal uplift in demand in September, but oil prices fell. We think that oil and natural gas prices will make a little more... 6th October 2020 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil prices going nowhere fast Energy prices continued to recover in August, but they are still trailing other commodity asset classes as well as other risky assets, such as US equities. We expect that prices for the most part will... 3rd September 2020 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack On the way up … Energy prices continued to recover in June, but they remain significantly lower than at the start of the year. What’s more, we do not expect them to recover to pre-virus levels until 2022 at the... 7th July 2020 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil gallops ahead of other energy commodities The gradual easing of coronavirus-related lockdown restrictions around the world, along with falling global production, has supported the price of oil recently. By contrast, persistent oversupply and... 5th June 2020 · 6 mins read
Commodities Chart Pack Prices to tread water for now The prices of most commodities struggled in April against a backdrop of moribund global demand. That said, the performance of energy commodities was mixed: while Brent crude and Henry Hub gas rose in... 5th May 2020 · 8 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Oil prices to remain low even if OPEC+ cut supply Despite the prospect of a massive Saudi Arabian-led production cut, the price of oil has remained low in recent weeks amid a coronavirus-related collapse in demand. By contrast, coal and natural gas... 6th April 2020 · 6 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Coronavirus to continue to weigh on prices Energy prices have crashed in recent weeks as the coronavirus has disrupted economic activity and reduced demand. Meanwhile, on the supply side, OPEC+ failed to agree to deepen its oil output cuts. We... 16th March 2020 · 5 mins read
Energy Chart Pack Coronavirus to keep prices low in Q1 Energy prices slumped in January owing to concerns about the hit to demand from the coronavirus outbreak. The evolution of the epidemic over the coming weeks will determine how lasting its impact will... 5th February 2020 · 6 mins read
