Islamabad: Oil ke prices Monday ko barh gaye, jab investors ne US aur Ukrainian presidents ke darmiyan mumkin peace deal aur Middle East ke tensions ka asar assess kiya.
Brent crude futures 67 cents ya 1.1% barh kar $61.31 per barrel ho gayi, jab ke US West Texas Intermediate crude 65 cents ya 1.15% barh kar $57.39 per barrel par pohanchi.
Pichle Friday dono benchmark prices 2% se zyada gir gayi theen, jab investors ne global supply glut aur Ukraine peace deal ke imkaan ko weigh kiya tha.
US President Donald Trump ne kaha ke un aur Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy “bohot kareeb” ho gaye hain ek agreement par, lekin disputed Donbas region abhi bhi unresolved hai. Leaders ne Florida ke Mar-a-Lago resort me mil kar press conference ki. Trump ne kaha ke “kuch hafton mein” clear ho jayega ke negotiations kamyab hoti hain ya nahi.
Peace talks mein territorial issues par abhi bhi consensus nahi bana, is liye Russia–Ukraine peace deal deadlock mein reh sakta hai, China Futures ke energy researcher Mingyu Gao ne kaha.
Prices ke barhne ki ek wajah ye bhi hai ke geopolitical tensions high hain, kyun ke Russia aur Ukraine ne weekend me ek doosre ke energy infrastructure par strikes jaari rakhe. China-based analyst Yang An ne kaha ke Middle East bhi unstable hai, Saudi air strikes in Yemen aur Iran ka kehna ke woh US, Europe aur Israel ke sath full-scale war me hai, market concerns ko barha raha hai.
WTI ka expected trading range $55-$60 hai, aur US ke Venezuelan oil shipments aur Nigeria me ISIS ke targets par military strike ke fallout par bhi nazar rakhi ja rahi hai, IG analyst Tony Sycamore ne note me kaha.
