ENERGY: What to Watch: OPEC MOMR, ARA Crude & US Oil Stocks, US CPI
Feb-12 08:27
- The latest Genscape European ARA crude inventories will be released today at 09:00GMT. Stocks last week fell further below normal to 44.57mbbl.
- The EIA weekly petroleum inventory data for the week ending Feb. 7 is due for release today at 10:30ET (15:30GMT). A Bloomberg survey expects a 2.52mbbl build in U.S. crude stocks, a 0.54mbbl build in gasoline, a 1.48mbbl draw in distillates and a 0.17 percentage points rise in refinery utilisation.
- The US CPI data is due at 08:30ET. Consensus sees core CPI inflation accelerating to a seasonally adjusted 0.3% M/M (unrounded 0.29%) in January after what was, for now, seen as a slightly softer than expected 0.225% M/M in December.
- The OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is due for release today (at 13:30 CET last month) with focus on the global market balance and future demand growth forecasts.
| Release | Type | Release date | Release Time |
| EIA weekly oil | weekly | 12-Feb-25 | 10:30 ET |
| Genscape crude ARA inventories | weekly | 12-Feb-25 | 09:00 GMT |
| OPEC monthly oil report | monthly | 12-Feb-25 | |
| US CPI for Jan | monthly | 12-Feb-25 | 08:30 ET |
| EIA weekly gas | weekly | 13-Feb-25 | 10:30 ET |
| Insights product ARA inventories | weekly | 13-Feb-25 | |
| Singapore oil product stockpile | weekly | 13-Feb-25 | 08:00 GMT |
| IEA Oil Market Report | monthly | 13-Feb-25 | 10:00 CET |
| Nymex CFTC report | weekly | 14-Feb-25 | 15:30 ET |
| ICE COT report | weekly | 14-Feb-25 | 18:30 GMT |
| WTI Options Expiry | monthly | 14-Feb-25 | 19:30 GMT |
| Baker Hughes rig count | weekly | 14-Feb-25 | 13:00 ET |
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SILVER TECHS: MA Studies Remain In A Bear-Mode Condition
Jan-13 08:25
- RES 4: $34.903 - High Oct 23 and the bull trigger
- RES 3: $33.125 - High Nov 1
- RES 2: $32.338 - High Dec 12 and a key resistance
- RES 1: $30.661 - High Jan 10
- PRICE: $30.335 @ 08:16 GMT Jan 13
- SUP 1: $28.748 - Low Dec 19
- SUP 2: $28.446 - 76.4% retracement of the Aug 8 - Oct 23 bull cycle
- SUP 3: $27.686 - Low Sep 6
- SUP 4: $26.451 - Low Aug 8
A bear cycle in Silver that started Oct 23 remains in play - for now - and recent gains appear corrective. The metal has recently breached support at $29.642, the Nov 28 low. The break lower opens $28.446, a Fibonacci retracement. Note that moving average studies are in a bear-mode position highlighting a dominant downtrend. Key resistance has been defined at $32.338, the Dec 12 high. A break of this level would signal a reversal.
GILTS: Remain Under Pressure
Jan-13 08:22
Gilts follow global peers lower.
- Futures breach initial support at last week’s low (89.00), basing at 88.96, before a bounce to 89.25.
- Yields 2-4bp higher across the curve.
- 10s as high as 4.901% this morning vs. last week’s high of 4.921%.
- 30s near last week’s multi-decade high (5.473%).
- 2s10s within 2.5bp of last year’s high, last 30.3bp vs. ’24 peak of 32.8bp.
- Gilt/Bunds ~1bp wider at 225bp.
- Fibonacci supports located below worst levels, 88.87 and 88.53 eyed.
- Goldman Sachs’ base case remains that “slowing growth momentum and a broader disinflationary trend will allow the BoE to cut more than markets are expecting, which will help the market digest elevated duration supply.”
- They also believe that the rise of fiscal risk premia suggests “the skew of risks is towards further budgetary restraint, which should ultimately reduce worries about the inflationary effect of the budget.”
- On that front, the weekend saw Chancellor Reeves stress that the fiscal rules in are "non-negotiable", with growth remaining the government's top priority.
- GBP750mln of short-dated APF sales from the BoE due this afternoon.
- See our pre-gilt open STIR bullet for greater colour on this week’s UK data & BoE speakers.
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