Crude Oil Fundamental Analysis October 3, 2012 Forecast

Analysis and Recommendations:

Crude Oil remains strong but has lost its push upwards to trade at 92.61 after hitting a high of 92.92.

Crude oil prices continue to remain on a consolidation mode, as the market looks overbought while persistent concerns about the eurozone’s economic stability continue to weigh on market sentiment due to the lack of major economic indicators, expect further consolidation and thin trading conditions across the oil market. Oil watchers were also following events in Iran, whose currency slid between two and six percent in trading on Tuesday, according to different valuations given by money changers in Tehran and an exchange tracking website.

The rial was between 35,500 and 37,000 to the dollar, depending on the source. Iran’s currency had already dramatically slumped by 17 percent on Monday, when a US official said the decline was evidence of the success of the international sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program. Iran is suffering heightened geopolitical tensions over its disputed nuclear program and the effects of Western economic sanctions curbing access to its reduced oil exports.

As there is still an oversupply of oil, prices are unlikely to make lasting gains for the time being.

Speculators said the lift in oil prices following the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a third round of bond buying on Sept. 13 was starting to wane.

Last month, the Fed announced another round of bond buying, known as quantitative easing, and said it would consider providing additional support to the U.S. economy until the labor market showed substantial improvement. A glimpse of the U.S. jobs picture will come Friday, when the US Labor Department releases employment data for September.

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