{"id":53599,"date":"2014-07-02T07:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=53599"},"modified":"2014-07-02T07:20:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:20:37","slug":"wti-falls-near-three-week-low-iraq-crises-eases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/07\/wti-falls-near-three-week-low-iraq-crises-eases\/","title":{"rendered":"WTI Falls Near Three-Week Low; Iraq Crises Eases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1708030320\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">July 2, 2014<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By <u><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1nb5wuT\" target=\"_blank\">HY Markets Forex Blog<\/a><\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>West Texas Intermediate (WTI) \u00a0crude traded near the lowest price in nearly three weeks on Wednesday, trimming previous gains as the market focus on the stockpiles data due to be released\u00a0 may signal the strength of fuel demand in the US, the world\u2019s biggest oil consumer.<\/p>\n<p>The upbeat Chinese manufacturing data boosted the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures to $106.06 during the European midday trading hours, before falling during the North American session.<span id=\"more-4563\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Futures for the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 0.29% lower at $105.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange at the time of writing. While the European benchmark Brent crude eased 0.21% at $112.11 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange based in London.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">China<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>China\u2019s Purchasing Mangers\u2019 Index (PMI) climbed to 51 points in June, the highest level in six months, meeting in line with estimates and compared to the previous reading of 50.8 in May, the National Bureau of statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Tuesday. HSBC\u2019s purchasing managers\u2019 index rose to 50.7 in June from 49.4 recorded in the previous month. Meanwhile export orders climbed for the second consecutive month.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Crude &#8211; Iraq<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Islamist State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) &#8211; affiliated groups operating in the northern region of Iraq have not affected the oil production in the region, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal.<\/p><div id=\"inves-2105149731\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>While the southern Iraq\u2019s oil production level of 3.3 million barrels a day have remained consistent despite the crises in the north.<\/p>\n<p>The season\u2019s first tropical storm Arthur in the US is forecasted to strengthen into a hurricane in the next couple of days and could weigh on oil demand. The storm was 90 miles east-southeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida and maximum winds of 50 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #292f33\">Deposit $100 get $100 absolutely FREE! Register with HY Markets today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em><a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" style=\"color: #000000\" title=\"http:\/\/fb.me\/19wnduzNy\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yh85b0Nrz6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">fb.me\/19wnduzNy<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.hymarkets.com\/world-market-news\/wti-falls-near-three-week-low-iraq-crises-eases.html\">WTI Falls Near Three-Week Low; Iraq Crises Eases<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.hymarkets.com\">| HY Markets Official blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By HY Markets Forex Blog West Texas Intermediate (WTI) \u00a0crude traded near the lowest price in nearly three weeks on Wednesday, trimming previous gains as the market focus on the stockpiles data due to be released\u00a0 may signal the strength of fuel demand in the US, the world\u2019s biggest oil consumer. 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