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March Brent rebound stalls ahead of $79 and falls back towards $78

Oil prices are off their worst levels of the day just now. Earlier the price of Brent for March delivery fell back to a low at $77.55 per barrel. Brent had settled $0.21 higher on the NYMEX exchange on Friday, at $78.50. The rebound off the lows today saw it lift very close to $79.00 per barrel. It has fallen back over the past hour and it is approaching the $78 per barrel mark. At this point the reader is advised; that this contract will expire later this week, on January 30. After that we will be trading the April contract and that is around $1 lower, due to the market being in what is known as Backwardation. Brent for March delivery is right now at $78.02
 

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