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Oil to outperform

Provided that the coronavirus is contained, a gradual pick-up in global economic growth at a time of constrained supply should set the scene for higher oil prices in 2020. In contrast, we expect the average prices of natural gas and coal to fall this year owing in large part to oversupply.

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