(ANSA) - ROME, JANUARY 23 - Crude oil closed down on Friday (Wti -0.48% at 85.14 dollars a barrel and Brent -0.55% at 87.89 dollars a barrel) but the upward trend does not seem is over. In fact, black gold reached a new high (Wti87.21 dollars and Brent 89.84 dollars) last January 19 on the wave of the unexpected increase in US weekly stocks (+1.4 billion barrels against -1.36 billions expected), released one day late for the holiday of last Monday, and following the normal profit taking by investors, who have decided to monetize the earnings made.
It was since October 2014 that crude oil did not exceed the threshold of 87 dollars (Wti) and 89.8 dollars (Brent), and according to analysts it could continue to rise, provided that the infections from Covid 19 do not slow down the race again.
In particular, for this year the figure circulating in the operating rooms for Brent is between 80 and 90 dollars a barrel, while the WTI will remain just below as always.
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