OIL: India Refiners Source Crude From Guyana
Oct-17 08:01
Indian refiners IOC and HPCL have bought Guyanese crude oil from Exxon Mobil in rare purchases from the South American producer, Reuters said.
- IOC has bought 2mbbls Golden Arrowhead crude and HPCL has bought 2mbbl of Liza and Unity Gold, both for arrival in late December or in early January,
- Guyana hadn’t shipped any crude to India since at least Nov 2021 when flow tracking started, Bloomberg said.
- India’s increasingly diversified import strategy—now sourcing less than 45% from the Middle East—adds resilience amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, Platts said in July.
- More crude sources could help refiners to replace some imports of Russian oil. India's refiners have suggested that they intend to reduce, but not halt, the purchase of Russian oil amid ongoing pressure from the US to cut the imports.
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FOREX: FX OPTION EXPIRY
Sep-17 07:59
Of note:
EURUSD 1.46bn at 1.1850.
EURUSD 1.91bn at 1.1800 (thu).
AUDUSD ~1bn at 0.6600 (thu).
EURUSD 1.78bn at 1.1800 (fri).
EURGBP ~1bn at 0.8650 (fri).
AUDUSD 1.16bn at 0.6750 (fri).
- EURUSD: 1.1800 (344mln), 1.1850 (1.46bn), 1.1900 (921mln).
- EURGBP: 0.8700 (723mln).
- USDJPY: 146.00 (426mln), 146.85 (881mln), 147.00 (326mln), 147.25 (250mln).
- AUDUSD: 0.6650 (456mln).
- NZDUSD: 0.5900 (830mln).
US TSY OPTIONS: TYV5 114.25 Calls Lifted
Sep-17 07:47
TYV5 114.25 calls paper paid 0-09 on ~3.2K.
GILTS: A Little Firmer To Start
Sep-17 07:43
The lack of upside surprise in this morning’s CPI data provides support to gilts through early trade.
- Yesterday’s high in futures is pierced before the rally stalls, contact last trades 91.55 vs. highs of 91.62.
- Bulls remain in technical control, initial resistance at the September 11 high (91.82), while support comes in at the September 2 low (90.65).
- Yields ~1bp lower across the curve.
- Spread to Bunds little changed at ~194bp.
- GBP STIRs roughly in line with pre-gilt open levels detailed earlier, 8.5bp of BoE cuts priced through year-end.
- The outcome for this week’s MPC meeting can be boiled down to two discrete topics: the vote surrounding the pace of APF reduction and any updates on communications and the vote surrounding Bank Rate. The biggest uncertainty and market reaction is expected around the former, with much less focus being placed upon the latter - but neither aspect should be ignored.
- Our full preview of that event is here.
- Local headlines have pointed to a markdown in the OBR’s productivity forecasts and a negative outcome when it comes to steel tariffs imposed by the U.S.
