Oil slips as OPEC+ supply hopes outweigh trade optimism

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 05:00 UTC+01:00 (+0100), N/A, N/A

News category : Commodity and Currency Events

Oil markets dipped modestly on October 28, with traders weighing conflicting narratives. Growing optimism around a U.S.–China trade deal was supportive for demand expectations, but that was tempered by reports that OPEC+ is considering increasing production in December. The prospect of additional supply softened the earlier risk premium, and benchmark crude futures gave up a portion of recent gains. Analysts warned that while trade developments could boost long-term demand, near-term oversupply risks remain elevated. Energy equities and oil-exporting currencies came under pressure from the supply-side rebalancing fears.

Overall market impact

Mild bearish market impact - strength score : 75/100

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Impacted instruments :

Brent crude futures

WTI crude futures

Energy equities

Oil-exporter currencies

Energy credit

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