CME: Crude Oil Prices Remain Firm

Crude oil and most risk asset markets drifted a tad lower after last Friday's meteoritic short covering rally on the back of the EU Ministers deal. The deal details are still not available and there are some indications from Finland (according to a report in Reuters) that the deal could be fraying. I am not sure that will be the case so early after the deal had been put together but these kind of rumors and comments are likely to emerge over the next several weeks as the technocrats begin the process of working out the details of the deal. As such the markets will be reacting accordingly to any indications that the deal is changing especially after the large rally on Friday.....Read the entire article.