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Oil soars after attack on Saudi facilities, stocks dip

Published 2019-09-16, 04:26 p/m
Updated 2019-09-16, 04:31 p/m
© Reuters.  Oil soars after attack on Saudi facilities, stocks dip

© Reuters. Oil soars after attack on Saudi facilities, stocks dip

* Brent rallies on fears of global supply disruption

* Treasury yields fall as soaring oil adds to global growth fears

* Stocks slip, safe-haven gold rallies

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Oil prices soared on Monday after attacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia cut the kingdom's production in half and sparked worries over the impact of an oil shock on economic growth, halting a positive run in world stock markets as investors reached for less-risky assets.

Increased demand for safe-haven U.S. debt pushed Treasury yields lower and the price of gold rose.

The attack on Saudi Arabia shut down 5% of global crude output. U.S. officials blamed Iran and President Donald Trump said Washington was "locked and loaded" to retaliate. prices surged nearly 20% at one point on Monday, with Brent crude posting its biggest intraday gain since the 1990-1991 Gulf crisis, before paring gains.

Trump approved the use of U.S. emergency oil reserves to ensure stable supply, helping steady prices some.

"The attack on Saudi oil infrastructure came as a shock and a surprise to a market that had not been trading volatility and was more focused on the demand aspect over supply," said Tony Headrick, an energy market analyst at St. Paul, Minnesota commodity brokerage CHS Hedging LLC. crude LCOc1 futures settled at $69.02 a barrel, up $8.80, or 14.6%, its largest on-day gain since at least 1988. WTI crude CLc1 futures settled at $62.90 a barrel, up $8.05, or 14.7%, the largest on-day percentage gain since Dec 2008.

Saudi Arabia officials were discussing delaying Aramco's initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. upheaval in the oil market, coupled with poor economic data from China, served to sour investors' appetite for risky assets. MSCI world equity index .MIWD00000PUS , which tracks shares in 47 countries, snapped a five-day winning streak to trade down 0.39%.

On Wall Street, energy stocks spiked while the rest of the market fell as the attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities added to investors' concerns about geopolitical risk and a slowing global economy.

"The U.S. investor is waiting with bated breath about what the U.S. and its allies might do," said Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer of Longbow Asset Management in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Higher oil prices boosted beaten-down energy stocks, with S&P 500 energy .SPNY , one of the worst performing sectors so far this year, rising 3.29%.

Monday's rapid spike in crude prices came at a time when central banks in the United States, Europe and Asia are easing monetary policy to fight a slowdown in the global economy amid a drawn-out trade war between Washington and Beijing.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is due to hold its next policy meeting on Wednesday, at which it is widely expected to ease interest rates and signal its future policy path. FEDWATCH

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 142.7 points, or 0.52%, to close at 27,076.82, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 9.43 points, or 0.31%, to end at 2,997.96 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 23.17 points, or 0.28%, to finish at 8,153.54.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX finished down 0.58%.

U.S. Treasury yields slipped, with benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR up 15/32 in price to yield 1.845%.

In FX markets, the dollar rose against a basket of currencies after President Donald Trump's authorization of the use of an emergency crude stockpile helped temper the surge in oil prices. dollar index .DXY was up 0.41% at 98.658.

Gold rose after the attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia inflamed worries over the stability of the Middle East, boosting demand for assets seen as a haven from risk. Spot gold XAU= was up 0.63% at $1,497.8 per ounce.

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