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Oil Market Report - July 2022
Crude oil prices surged further in June 2022 for the second consecutive month, with ICE Brent and NYMEX WTI first-month contracts averaging nearly 5% higher on a monthly average basis despite a relatively volatile month and tumbling financial markets. Th...
07 2022, Arbat Capital
Banking Sector Monthly Report - June 2022
US banks underperformed the broad market significantly in June 2022, for the third time over the last four months. BKX index ended just two months in the green in the first half of 2022. Thus, BKX index tumbled by 13.3% MoM vs -8.4% MoM of SPX index. Abs...
07 November 2022, Arbat Capital
Oil Market Report - June 2022
The rally on crude oil markets resumed an upward trend in May 2022 after a stall in April 2022, with major futures contracts ICE Brent and NYMEX WTI showed positive monthly dynamics four times in the last five months. Crude oil prices were mainly driven ...
06 2022, Arbat Capital
Banking Sector Monthly Report - May 2022
US banks outperformed the broad market noticeably in May 2022, for the first time over the last three months. It was just the second month with positive absolute performance in 2022. Thus, BKX index increased by 5.9% MoM vs flat MoM dynamics of SPX index...
06 October 2022, Arbat Capital
Oil Market Report - May 2022
Crude oil prices moved modestly lower in April 2022 on a monthly average basis amid a market selloff, losing almost 6% comparing to the average price in March 2022. The market retreated from the recent multi-year highs as short-term oil supply concerns t...
05 2022, Arbat Capital
Banking Sector Monthly Report - April 2022
US banks underperformed the broad market noticeably in April 2022, for the second month in a row, after relatively strong dynamics in the first two months of the year. Thus, BKX index tumbled by 11.3% MoM vs -8.8% MoM of SPX index. Absolute April perform...
05 December 2022, Arbat Capital
Oil Market Report - April 2022
Crude oil prices soared further in March 2022 extending the previous month’s large gains. The market continued to be driven by rising concerns about a potential large oil supply shortage amid escalating geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, as well as...
04 2022, Arbat Capital
Banking Sector Monthly Report - March 2022
US banks underperformed the broad market significantly in March 2022 after two consecutive months of better dynamics, but it was again the month with negative performance in absolute terms. Thus, BKX index tumbled by 7.5% MoM vs +3.6% MoM of SPX index. A...
04 2022, Arbat Capital
Oil Market Report - March 2022
Crude oil prices surged further by about 10% in February 2022 with ICE Brent averaging above $94 / bbl. Continuing bullish oil market fundamentals and escalating geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, which raised worries about potential large oil supp...
03 2022, Arbat Capital