Oil Rises for Third Week With IEA Flagging Need for More Crude
- Demand will hit pre-Covid levels late next year, agency says
- Market structure firms sharply, reflecting tightening supplies
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Oil posted its third straight weekly rise on improving demand, with the International Energy Agency warning the market will need extra supply next year.
Futures in New York rose 1.9% this week, extending its rally to the highest settle since October 2018. The IEA said that OPEC and its allies will need to lift output to keep the market adequately supplied, though the agency predicted demand won’t reach pre-virus levels until late 2022. Meanwhile, road traffic in the U.S. and much of Europe is largely back to levels seen before the pandemic.