Bets to rise its prices oil In the US they fell to the lowest level of the last 16 investor from the market.
The net positive positions in the American Slow West Texas Intermediate (WTI) decreased by 29,562 to 49,264 per week ended on Tuesday (12.8.2025), the lowest level since 2009, according to data from the Future Frequency Committee. The retreat, which has contributed to the fall of future oil contracts at a low level of two months this week, comes as forecasts for surplus offering overruns that sanctions against Russia will limit the global offer.
“Petroleum markets have returned to the depreciation of the risks of sanctions, with barrels remaining unaffected so far,” TD Securities strategists wrote in a note. Now, the weak fundamental sizes of the coming months “suggest that the threshold for crude oil prices will be even lower if demand shows signs of weakness”.
Although US President Donald Trump met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss the end of the conflict in Ukraine, investors did not seem particularly anxious that the Summit would lead to further restrictions on the flow of argon.