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Oil Drops Again as Washington and Kyiv Explore Peace Path
Markets reacted to Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan and new US sanctions on Russian energy firms, capping Brent crude futures below $63 per barrel.
- On November 21st, 2025, Donald Trump's 28-point peace proposal dominated markets, capping ICE Brent futures below $63 as Volodymyr Zelenskiy weighed it amid U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.
- Reports said Washington pressured Kyiv to accept a pact favoring Moscow, prompting market participants to reassess supply risk as Trump called Thursday an appropriate deadline.
- Trend-Following commodity trading advisers went fully short on WTI and Brent on Friday, with West Texas Intermediate trading below 28, as shorts added positions, reports said.
- If sanctions are lifted, additional Russian barrels would hit a surplus market next year, while refined products markets remain tight with middle distillate cracks highest in nearly three years due to EU sanctions, analysts said.
- Market observers note fading confidence in sanctions enforcement as France, Germany and the UK told Zelenskiy to keep defending sovereignty, rejecting key US-Russian plan elements Friday.
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Oil Falls as Traders Weigh Odds of Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal
(Bloomberg) — Oil fell as traders assessed the prospect of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal that would add supply to a saturated market, with reports emerging that the US threatened to stop supporting Kyiv unless it agrees to a pact that favors Moscow.
·Canada
Read Full ArticleOil Drops Again as Washington and Kyiv Explore Peace Path
Donald Trump’s 28-point peace proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war has become the main talking point of oil markets this week, with potentially higher Russian supply capping ICE Brent futures below $63 per barrel.
·London, United Kingdom
Read Full ArticleWorld oil prices fell 2.1% on Wednesday, November 19, due to concerns that possible peace agreements between the United States, Ukraine and Russia could increase supply in the market.
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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L 34%
C 33%
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