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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Crude finds footing at $50

Prices rise following Friday's strong job report 


Crude-oil futures settled higher on Monday, 09 March 2015 at Nymex with prices finding footing at $50 a barrel after steep declines late last week due to a stronger dollar and rising U.S. oil supplies. Natural-gas prices, meanwhile, took a big hit with demand for the heating fuel expected to decline amid forecasts for warmer U.S. weather. 

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude for delivery in April climbed 39 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $50 a barrel after tallying a decline of 3.8% over the past two trading sessions. 

The market place on Monday was still digesting Friday's stronger U.S. jobs report and its implications on U.S. monetary policy. Asian and European stock markets were mostly weaker in reaction to the U.S. jobs report on Friday, and the notions that report will prompt the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates sooner as early as June. 

The U.S. jobs report Friday and the specter of a tighter U.S. monetary policy trumped the beginning of the European Central Bank's big bond-buying program Monday (quantitative easing). 

European Union finance ministers met Monday to discuss whether to accept reform proposals from Greece, regarding its debt financing and repayment schedule. There were weekend reports that Greece's financial situation is worse than most expected. Those reports also prompted just a bit of safe-haven buying interest in gold. 

The key outside markets on Monday found the U.S. dollar index stable following big gains Friday that saw the index score an 11.5-year high. The Euro currency was also near steady after hitting an 11-year low on Friday. Crude oil prices were modestly higher by afternoon trading on Monday. 

U.S. economic data for released Monday was light and included the employment trends index, which had a negligible market impact. 

Among other energy products, April gasoline fell less than a cent to $1.875 a gallon and heating oil for the same month shed 2.9 cents to $1.84 a gallon. 

April natural gas settled at $2.678 per million British thermal units, down 16 cents, or 5.7%. Prices had gained 3.8% last week.
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