OPEC is set to keep production quotas unchanged... and investors are hopeful that the International Atomic Energy Agency will strike a deal with Iran.
OPEC is set to keep production quotas unchanged ... and investors are hopeful that the International Atomic Energy Agency will strike a deal with Iran.
The worry is that if prices come off a bit, demand will rebound and we've still got to deal with the Northern Hemisphere winter.
Companies will still deal with the Chinese in the future. They are big players, and it's a brave player who refuses to deal with them. But companies and brokers may demand deals be confirmed all the way up the line.
Iran will take the nuclear situation to the wire, making the market nervous. It will wax and wane diplomatically and they'll extract a price before agreeing to any deal with the west.