Mengutip rilis Bloomberg siang ini: Futures in London may surge past $142 a barrel, to near the highest price ever, if futures close above a Fibonacci level at $104.98, according to technical analysis by brokers PVM Oil Associates Ltd. Brent climbed to a 28-month high of $104.30 on Feb. 14 as anti-government demonstrations in North Africa spread through the Arab world, renewing concern that Middle East crude supplies may be disrupted.
Oil gained for the first time in four days in New York<http://topics.bloomberg.com/new-york/>as signs of shrinking stockpiles in the U.S. stoked speculation demand is recovering in the world’s biggest crude consumer. Futures advanced as much as 0.5 percent after the industry- funded American Petroleum Institute yesterday said inventories slid 354,000 barrels in the seven days ended Feb. 11. U.S. industrial production probably gained in January while European consumer confidence<http://topics.bloomberg.com/consumer-confidence/>has improved, according to Bloomberg News surveys. “Economic data in the U.S. and Europe <http://topics.bloomberg.com/europe/>are getting better than before and this is encouraging a lot of positive response from investors putting money into commodities,” said Ken Hasegawa<http://topics.bloomberg.com/ken-hasegawa/>, a commodity sales manager at broker Newedge in Tokyo. “Physically there’s no shortage of oil in the world.” '+'
