Oil’s latest rebound has arrived at a moment when the market’s attention is shifting from fear to calculation. After one of the sharpest weekly sell-offs in months, prices have stabilised as traders weigh the potential for dialogue between the United States and China against the drag of escalating tariffs.
Brent crude regained around one per cent in early trade, and West Texas Intermediate mirrored the move, with both benchmarks clawing back a fraction of Friday’s heavy losses. The correction followed a steep decline driven by renewed tariff threats and a tightening of Chinese export controls on critical materials, a combination that had fuelled concerns over global trade and energy demand.
Energy markets thrive on predictability, and any sign of cooperation between the world’s two largest economies has the potential to lift sentiment across sectors. A genuine easing of trade tension could reinvigorate manufacturing activity, support shipping volumes, and strengthen refined product demand, all of which would feed back into a more constructive view of crude.
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