0830 ET - Crude futures gain with the market digesting the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement and Donald Trump's tariff threats while looking to the weekend's OPEC+ meeting. "We've seen limited interest in moving either WTI or Brent futures positioning around the post-ceasefire agreement and tariff news, and both factors are now largely in the price," Chris Weston of Pepperstone says in a note. Pre-positioning ahead of the OPEC+ meeting will need to be put in place by Friday even as some U.S. traders take an extended break for Thanksgiving, he says, but "calmness seen in the price action and lack of trending conditions suggests oil traders see the OPEC+ meeting as a lower volatility affair." The group is widely expected to extend output cuts beyond December. WTI is up 0.7% at $69.23 a barrel, and Brent is up 0.6% at $73.23. (anthony.harrup@wsj.com)
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November 27, 2024 08:30 ET (13:30 GMT)
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