Oil posts second weekly loss in June as virus cases surge

Oil posts second weekly loss in June as virus cases surge

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Bloomberg

Oil posted its second weekly loss for the month, as a surge in US coronavirus cases clouds the demand outlook and casts doubts on the market's recovery. Futures in New York slipped 3.2% this week. The price slump comes just days after oil closed above $40 for the first time since early March, and following a run of weekly gains that lifted oil from its historic plunge below zero in April. Texas “” the center of the American oil industry “” halted its reopening as virus infections jumped, and Houston's intensive-care wards reached capacity. "This week the market pushed through a 3 1/2 month high, and then all the sudden reporting about new cases seemed to break the back of the rally,“ said Gene McGillian, vice president of research at Tradition Energy. "We have record amounts of oil and fuel in storage and still uncertainty about demand going forward.“ While massive Opec+ output cuts and a pickup in demand have helped crude climb from its April low, price gains have slowed this month. Infections continue to soar in many parts of the world, consumption is still a long way off pre-virus levels and many refiners are