West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil prices dropped below $48.00 for the first time in over a month as rising output in the USA, Canada and Libya have more than offset the production cuts agreed to by OPEC members last November.
At one point in the NY session Crude prices were over 3% lower to $47.40 before weekly US inventory data lifted the market back over $47.90.
we have been following the BetaShare Oil ETF called OOO. It has traded in a wide range between $17.50 and $13.80 this year as crude prices have fluctuated.