Oil Recovery Hits Saudi Devaluation Bet
- Investors would have lost 1.8% since forwards' January peak
- GCC pegs have survived 30 yrs of oil-price fluctuations: HSBC
Oil Enthusiasts Haven't Been Jumping On Board the Rally
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Oil’s rebound to about $40 a barrel means some investors are nursing losses after betting that Saudi Arabia would abandon its three-decade-old currency peg.
Contracts used to speculate on the kingdom’s exchange rate in the next 12 months have fallen to about the lowest since November. A $1 million wager on the contracts at their peak in January would have lost 68,900 riyals ($18,370), or about 1.8 percent, according to Bloomberg calculations. Several U.S.-based hedge funds were said in February to be among investors that have bet Saudi Arabia would devalue the riyal.