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WTI tumbles below zero as the oil storage runs out

The spot price of WTI turned negative yesterday in large part owing to the nature of trading in the futures market. That said, the price slump has some fundamental underpinning as demand is very weak. We expect that storage constraints will keep the price of oil low for at least the next few months.

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