Amaxabiso eoyile aseNtshona eTexas (WTI) awile phantse nge-100% kwaye ahamba gwenxa kwirekhodi ephantsi kumgangatho wase-US.

Ukunyamalala kwemfuno kunye ne-glut yokubonelela kudityaniswe nefuthe elibonakalayo kwi-benchmark ye-US, ngamaxabiso ehla ukusuka kwi-18.27 yeedola ukuya kuvalwa kwi- $ 37.63 umphanda ngoMvulo-wehle ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-300 ukusukela kusuku lokugqibela. Kokokuqala ukuba ikhontrakthi yeoyile ekrwada ikhe ithengise ngezinto ezimbi ukusukela INew York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) yaqala ukuyithengisa ngo-1983.

Ikamva leoyile le-WTI ngokuhanjiswa ngoMeyi 2020 liwile phantse nge-100% ukuya kwi- $ 0.01 umgqomo kwi-ICE esekwe eLondon ngoMvulo.

Amaxabiso eoyile e-WTI afikelele kwinqanaba le-zero okokuqala kwimbali yawo. Kwangelo xesha, ikamva leoyile ye-WTI kunye nokuhlawulwa ngoJuni kuphulukene ne-14.1% ukuya kwi- $ 21.5 umphanda.

Ukugcinwa kweoyile kwihlabathi liphela ngoku kufikelela kwimida, kwaye ngelixa i-OPEC kutsha nje ikhusele i-9.7 yezigidi zemitha ngemini esikiweyo kwimveliso, iSebe lezaMandla laseMelika nangona kunjalo linobunzima ngombono wokuhlawula abavelisi basekhaya ukuba bashiye ioyile emhlabeni ukuze ngakumbi amaxabiso oxinzelelo.

Ngekamva lezivumelwano zikaMeyi ezimiselwe ukuba ziphelelwe ngolwe-Lwesibini, abatyali mali bayangxama ukothula izikhundla zabo, bejonga imakethi esele ityelwe kwaye bexhalabile ngokushiywa nempahla engenaxabiso.

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7 million barrel per day cut in production, the US Department of Energy is nevertheless weighing the idea of paying domestic producers to simply leave the oil in the ground so as not to further depress prices.
It’s the first time the crude oil futures contract has ever traded in the negative since the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) started trading it in 1983.
With May's futures contracts set to expire on Tuesday, investors are scrambling to unload their positions, eyeing the already-glutted market and concerned about being left with a valueless commodity.