Energy commodities may lose supply risk preminium

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Energy commodities apart from natural gas surged on Thursday following Fed indication on likelihood of more easing measures in the US. However, the commodity group is likely to lose the supply risk premium as talks between Iran and world's largest economies will resume on Saturday. Moreover, OPEC reported that oil markets were sufficiently supplied and the reason for high energy prices was fear of supply shortages. Traders were also inspired by expected acceleration of China's growth in Q1. Meanwhile, natural gas was marginally lower trading near 2.00 US Dollars per BTU. The commodity was pressured by ongoing concerns over elevated US inventories and fading demand.


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