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Reversal of fortune for oil in 2021

We think that the price of oil will outperform most other commodity prices next year. A lifting of virus restrictions, as vaccines are rolled out, should allow for a strong bounce-back in oil demand and prices in the second half of next year, whereas we expect that metals prices will ease back as demand growth from China begins to slow. We will elaborate on our key calls for 2021 in a forthcoming Commodities Update.

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