Morning Briefing: Oil jumps above $80, turbocharged by supply shortages

Moomoo Breakfast US wrote a column · Oct 12, 2021 04:39

Morning Briefing: Oil jumps above $80, turbocharged by supply shortages

By Ander

Hey, mooers! Here are things you need to know before the opening bell:

- Stock futures were little changed in early morning trading on Tuesday after Wall Street kicked off the week on a sour note.

- The extended climb in oil prices is leaving some other industrial commodities behind, a divergence that reflects bets that energy supply shortages will offset any slowdown in the global economy. Crude settled at $80.52 a barrel, closing above $80 for the first time since late 2014.

Market Snapshot

Stock futures were little changed in early morning trading on Tuesday after Wall Street kicked off the week on a sour note.

Futures on the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ dropped just 22 points, having earlier pointed to a loss of more than 200 points. $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ futures and $NASDAQ 100 Index (.NDX.US)$ futures also traded in fractionally negative territory.

Source: Bloomberg

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