Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s detaining of many prominent citizens this weekend pumps oil even higher from Friday’s impressive session.
Oil rocketed higher on Friday as the markets negotiated the Non-Farm Payrolls without incident and concentrated on tightening global supplies, ignoring overbought technical indicators. Crude maintained the positive tone in early Asian trading after the Saudi Arabian bombshell over the weekend with multiple arrests of various Princes, Ministers and prominent businesspeople on suspicion of corruption. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is wasting no time in yet another new role as the head of the anti-corruption commission. This Arabian night of the long knives has unsettled markets this mo0rning and should ensure that crude maintains a bid tone over the start of the week.
Brent crude soared 2.30 % on Friday to close at 62.35 and has settled another 0.20% in Asia following an initial spike to 62.60. This provides initial resistance for Brent with the charts showing no more resistance until 66.00 should it break. On the downside, Brent has a triple daily bottom at 60.10 which is crucial support. Trendline support at 58.50 follows it.
WTI spot climbed an impressive 1.80 % to close at 55.55 on Friday. It has made further upside progress this morning, spiking to 55.80 on its open before settling back to a still positive 55.60. The technical picture suggests that the way is now clear for a run at the 2015 highs around 61.50 although it must negotiate an area of congestion between 57.50 and 60.00 along the way. Support is somewhat distant at a daily triple bottom at the 53.70 area followed by trendline support at 53.10.
