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Oil steadies as Hurricane Ida weakens, OPEC+ in focus

Oil steadied on Monday, giving up most of an earlier rally to a four-week high, as Hurricane Ida weakened after forcing shutdowns of U.S. Gulf oil production, and OPEC+ looked set to go ahead with a planned oil output increase.

Analysis: Powell’s wait-and-see speech reassures some investors

U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s wait-and-see approach in a much-anticipated address on Friday gave investors and market participants some reassurance that the central bank’s extraordinary efforts to prop up the economy were likely to support riskier assets a while longer.

Oil steadies as Hurricane Ida weakens, OPEC+ in focus

Oil steadied on Monday, giving up most of an earlier rally to a four-week high, as Hurricane Ida weakened after forcing shutdowns of U.S. Gulf oil production, and OPEC+ looked set to go ahead with a planned oil output increase.

Analysis: Powell’s wait-and-see speech reassures some investors

U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s wait-and-see approach in a much-anticipated address on Friday gave investors and market participants some reassurance that the central bank’s extraordinary efforts to prop up the economy were likely to support riskier assets a while longer.

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