Oil could hit $60 before year-end: Barron's, citing Citi analyst

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Oil could hit $60 before year-end: Barron's, citing Citi analyst

Oil could hit $60 before year-end: Barron's, citing Citi analyst

The report cites research from Citigroup senior energy analyst Eric Lee, who previously called for a bear market in oil when the price was above $100. The decline in recent weeks to a low of just over $44 for Brent crude , the international benchmark, has made Lee a short-term bull, Barron’s notes. Simultaneously, reduction in supply from OPEC of about 0.7 million barrels a day versus the 2016 average should drive the price up before the end of the fourth quarter.

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