Crude Oil Extends Downturn on Ample Supply

2025-12-09 18:18 By Felipe Alarcon 1 min. read

WTI crude futures fell more than 1% toward $58 a barrel on Tuesday, extending a two session slide after Monday’s 2% drop as rising supply signals outweighed lingering geopolitical risk.

Traders awaited IEA and OPEC+ guidance later this week after the IEA flagged a sizable 2026 glut and OPEC+ revised its Q3 outlook from deficit to surplus.

China stepped up January buys of Saudi crude to five-month highs after Riyadh cut official selling prices to their smallest Asia premium in five years, and Iraq restored output at the West Qurna-2 field adding about 0.5% of global supply.

Those added barrels, together with recent US inventory builds, have undercut the case for an immediate drawdown and offset premiums linked to Ukraine and Venezuela.

Markets still watch the Federal Reserve where a widely expected 25 bp cut could lift fuel demand next year.



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