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Commodities round-up: Crude oil price falls 5% overnight

The crude oil price declined 5 percent in overnight markets because of the US Dollar Index hitting 2-year highs, soaring US treasury yields and International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowering the growth projections for 2022 by nearly a percentage point.

By Manisha Gupta Apr 20, 2022 8:32:33 AM IST (Published)

The crude oil price declined 5 percent in overnight markets because of the US Dollar Index hitting 2-year highs, soaring US treasury yields and International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowering the growth projections for 2022 by nearly a percentage point.

However, not just crude but almost everything in the energy basket fell quite sharply. The heating oil prices come off nearly 3 percent gasoline prices fell 5 percent and natural gas prices fell 10 percent as well.

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So everything in the energy was trading in the negative in the New York markets. Asia has seen some opportunity buying on the lower side but not so much.