
Trump tariffs fallout! Crude oil prices hit 5 month low, plunge up to 8% to slip below $70 bbl mark
commodity markets, causing widespread sell-off.
Brent crude futures were trading at $69.98 per bblm falling by $4.97 or 6.63% in the day's trade while WTI contracts sinked over 7% on Comex to hit levels of $66.55, a correction of $5.16 per bbl.
«Crude oil fell substantially on Thursday following President Trump's announcement of reciprocal tariffs on major trading partners. WTI crude oil has dropped below $68.50. The announcement increased fears of a worldwide trade war, which might harm global economic development. There were concerns that slower growth would reduce demand for crude oil,» Anuj Gupta, Head Commodity & Currency at HDFC Securities said.
Taking cues from global oil prices, crude oil April contracts on the MCX fell nearly 8% or by Rs 472 per bbl and traded at Rs 5,675 around 8:30 pm.
Trump announced a minimum tariff of 10% on imports from all countries, with the tax rate running much higher on products from certain countries like China and those from the European Union.
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It’s “plausible” the tariffs altogether, which would rival levels unseen in roughly a century, could knock down U.S. economic growth by 2 percentage points this year and raise inflation close to 5%, said UBS in a note. Such a hit would be so frightening that it “makes one’s rational mind regard the possibility of them sticking as low,” according to Bhanu Baweja and other strategists at UBS.
Bullion too met the same fate as silver prices were lower by 6.5% on Comex and traded at $32.405 per troy ounce while Gold lost