FC Stone @ New York Mercantile Exchange, New York • NY 2002 — 2003 Futures Broker / Trader Conversed with institutional accounts proactively on current
Crude Oil market activity.
Not exact matches
The international banker said all of these
activities of the kingdom are for real and will push earnings positively, but it would be unrealistic to not think the
market has reacted significantly to the
crude oil rally.
Any stabilization in the
crude oil market in coming months could provide positive support to overall economic
activity,» OPEC said.
During this same period,
activity on the
crude oil futures
market — as measured by the number of contracts outstanding, trading
activity, and the number of traders — has increased significantly.
The warnings come not from the heavily traded futures
market, but from less transparent trading
activity in
crude oil and products
markets, where key U.S., European and Russian
crude prices have fallen of late, suggesting less robust demand.
Downstream
activities include the refinement of
crude oil into other products, as well as
marketing for
crude and other
oil products, energy transportation, as well as the manufacturing of industrial plastics, lubricants, and others.