Crude oil futures settle higher on Tuesday

07 Oct 2020 Evaluate

Crude oil futures settled higher on Tuesday, extending their previous session’s rally, as investors focused on a strike that’s curtailed Norwegian output and Hurricane Delta, which has led to production disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Delta strengthened into a extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it took aim on the northeastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula. It’s expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast later this week. In preparation for Delta, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement estimated that 29.2% of Gulf oil production and nearly 8.6% of natural-gas output was shut in as of Tuesday afternoon.

Crude oil futures for November rose $1.45 or 3.7 percent to settle at $40.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. December Brent crude surged $1.36 or 3.3 percent to settle at $42.65 a barrel on London's Intercontinental Exchange.


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