Tuesday opened with a quiet nudge in oil markets. Brent crude lost about 1.3%, easing to roughly $65.75 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark WTI slid nearly 1.5% to around $62.47. The catalyst? Fresh diplomatic overtures involving the U.S., Russia, and Ukraine that fueled hopes for softened sanctions and smoother energy flows.
Earlier, President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Zelenskiy and European heads of state at the White House, offering olive branches in the form of potential peace talks and U.S. security assurances. Commerzbank analysts point out that although this thaw lowered geopolitical fears, the market is staying realistic given no full-scale sanctions relief is on the table.
It's also clear that energy flows are still under complex forces. China is stepping up its purchases of Russian oil, helping counteract dips in Indian demand—affected by tariff developments. Simply put, while diplomacy may have loosened the tension valve, it's unlikely to drastically reshuffle oil's supply-demand balance without more concrete policy changes.
In short: traders are trading up cautiously—balancing hope for relief against sober reminders that geopolitical shifts often move slower than headlines.
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