Shanghai’s New Round of Covid Testing a Worry for the Oil Market

  • Goldman Sachs says demand rebound has beat expectations
  • Hog futures tumble as government tightens market controls

A QR code for Covid-19 contact tracing at a shopping mall in Shanghai, earlier in July. 

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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A new program of virus testing in Shanghai will be a worry for the oil market.

China’s consumption of gasoline and diesel is nearing a return to pre-Covid levels as the nation cautiously emerges from the latest round of stringent controls, including a punishing two-month shutdown of the financial center. The fuels account for about half of China’s oil usage.