Crude holds a tight range near $82 as OPEC+ and China cancel each other out
Brent is not a crisis and not a boom. It is a standoff, and energy equities are priced that way.
Elena VasquezSenior Markets Correspondent
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HOUSTON — Brent is not a crisis and not a boom. It is a standoff, and energy equities are priced that way.
Traders said the range is being defended by official producers on the downside and by a string of soft China demand prints on the upside — a market of small numbers.
Elena Vasquez
Senior Markets Correspondent
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