Out in the Real World, Oil Market Is Much Better Than It Looks
- Morgan Stanley says physical buying isn't deteriorating
- Bank suggests financial flows are driving price meltdown
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The global oil market is healthier than it looks, signaling that crude’s plunge to six-year lows has probably gone too far.
While futures tumbled below $45 a barrel in London for the first time since 2009, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered Plc say other measures suggest physical markets for crude have stabilized or even strengthened in recent weeks. China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, will keep buying extra barrels to fill its strategic reserve this year, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.