Daily BriefsEnergy & Materials Sector

Daily Brief Energy/Materials: Crude Oil, CRB Commodity Index and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Oil futures: Crude heads for steep weekly losses ahead of OPEC+
  • Q4 Outlook for Our Investment Themes


Oil futures: Crude heads for steep weekly losses ahead of OPEC+

By Quantum Commodity Intelligence

  • Crude oil futures steadied Friday after four consecutive losses left prices sharply lower on the week, coming ahead of Sunday’s keenly anticipated online OPEC+ meeting.
  • Front-month Dec25 ICE Brent futures were trading at $64.42/b (2005 BST) versus Thursday’s settle of $64.11/b, while Nov25 NYMEX WTI was at $60.73/b against a previous close of $60.48/b.
  • Benchmarks had traded higher earlier in the day before losing steam in late trading.

Q4 Outlook for Our Investment Themes

By Rikki Malik

  • How have our major investment themes performed so far in 2025?
  • Review of the performance of the major markets and asset classes we focus on
  • We revisit our outlook for each of those asset classes for Q4 25

💡 Before it’s here, it’s on Smartkarma

Sign Up for Free

The Smartkarma Preview Pass is your entry to the Independent Investment Research Network

  • ✓ Unlimited Research Summaries
  • ✓ Personalised Alerts
  • ✓ Custom Watchlists
  • ✓ Company Data and News
  • ✓ Events & Webinars