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Weaker economic drivers limit upside potential commodity prices

PublicationNatural resources
25 September 2019, 2:00 am

After a drop below 170 in August, the CRB-index recovered to 180. The main driver was higher WTI crude prices, which account for 23% of the index. We expect more range trading in Q4.

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