📉 WTI crude oil loses almost 5%

Concerns about the global economic slowdown drove down oil futures prices: 

• Crude oil is heading for its first weekly decline since April as investors weigh the prospect of further monetary tightening by central banks.

• Analysts, including Callum MacPherson of Investec, point to deteriorating fundamental conditions for further 'black gold' price increases.

• USA intends to maintain sanctions by limiting the export of crude oil and petroleum products from Iran. According to analysts, the oil market must now focus on 'profitability' 

• The reading of data on industrial production below expectations (0.2% vs. 0.4% expected) caused an increase in concerns about the economic recession.

OIL.WTI chart, D1 interval. US WTI prices are losing over 4.8% today and are falling near the level of 109 USD per barrel. From a technical point of view, "black gold" breaks below the 50-day exponential moving average (blue curve). Source: xStation 5