INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Oil prices rose on Friday as renewed global supply concerns from Russia&s fuel export ban counteracted fears that slowing economies and high
interest rates could crimp demand, Reuters reported.Brent futures were up 78 cents, or 0.84%, at $94.08 a barrel by 1443 GMT, while United
States West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures rose by $1.02, or 1.14%, to $90.65 a barrel.For the week, both benchmarks were
relatively flat, after rising more than 10% in the previous three weeks on concerns about tight global supply.Russia&s Transneft suspended
deliveries of diesel to the key Baltic and Black Sea terminals of Primorsk and Novorossiysk on Friday, state media agency Tass said.Russia
temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries outside a circle of four ex-Soviet states with immediate effect to
stabilise the domestic fuel market, the government said on Thursday, without a specified end date.The ban will &bring new uncertainty into
an already tight global refined product supply picture and the prospect that the impacted countries will be seeking to bid up cargoes from
alternative suppliers,& RBC said in a note.Russian wholesale gasoline prices were down nearly 10% and diesel down 7.5% on Friday on the St
Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, read the report.But macroeconomic headwinds continue to weigh on oil demand sentiment.It is
signals on the demand side that are mainly likely to affect oil prices in the short term,& Commerzbank analysts said in a note.The euro zone
economy is likely to contract in the third quarter, according to Purchasing Managers& Index (PMI) data released on Friday.A contraction in
UK economic activity deepened further in September compared to August, additional PMI data showed.The United States Federal Reserve on
Wednesday maintained interest rates, but stiffened its hawkish stance, buoying fears that higher rates could dampen economic growth.Progress
on inflation is likely to be slow given the current level of monetary policy restraint,& Fed Governor Michelle Bowman said on Friday
&Energy prices could rise further and reverse some of the progress we have seen,& she added.United States offline refinery capacity was
expected to reach 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) this week according to IIR Energy versus 800,000 bpd offline last week.The post Oil
prices rise as Russia fuel export ban stokes supply concerns first appeared on Ariana News.
