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UPDATE 5-Oil edges further above $80 but weaker demand view weighs
Oct 12 Oil edged further above $80 a barrel on Friday as a rally in equities lent support, though prices pared most of their gain after a closely watched forecaster deemed supply adequate and the outlook for demand weakening.
Crude was still heading for its first weekly drop in five weeks, pressured by a big rise in U.S. inventories and fading concerns for now that looming U.S. sanctions on Iran will cut supplies significantly. EIA/S
Oil found support on Friday from a gain in world stocks. A drop in equities amid wider risk-off investor sentiment had pressured crude on Thursday.
“A rebound in equity markets would help Brent to rebound from $80,” said Olivier Jakob, analyst at Petromatrix, adding that a dip below $80 on Thursday did not clearly break that level as a source of technical support.
International benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 rose 34 cents to $80.60 a barrel by 1052 GMT,
Still, the monthly report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Friday weighed. The IEA said the market looked “adequately supplied for now” and trimmed its forecasts for world oil demand growth this year and next. IEA/M
“This is due to a weaker economic outlook, trade concerns, higher oil prices and a revision to Chinese data,” said the IEA, which advises industrialised countries on energy policy.
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