Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">Morning Commodities: Crude tests the upper bound of its 2017 range, hitting levels just under last week's 7-week high ahead of tomorrow's API; natural gas sinks as estimates call for this Thursday's EIA to show one of the smallest draws on record<ul><li><strong>Crude oil rallied towards the upper bound of its 2017 range, neared last week's 7-week high ahead of tomorrow's API data release</strong><ul><li>April 2017 crude oil futures were up about $0.24 (+0.4%) around the $54.22/barrel level</li><li>Contributing factors affecting the price of oil include:<ul><li>Crude oil futures for April delivery broke out to levels just under last week's 7-week high following data from the CFTC which showed that investors now hold 951,312 lots worth of U.S. & Brent crude futures/options, equivalent to nearly 1 bln barrels of oil at a value of more than $52 bln, as of this morning.</li><li>Oil prices are also seeing a boost from comments this morning by Russian oil minister Alexander Novak regarding the possibility that Russia may accelerate the pace of its 300k barrel/day expected production cut.</li><li><strong>Reminder:</strong> The IEA recorded OPEC's avg compliance at a record 90% in Jan, as stated in the latest monthly oil market report.</li></ul></li><li>Upcoming data reminders:<ul><li>API data will be released tomorrow at 4:30 pm ET.</li><li><strong>EIA petroleum data will be released Wed at 10:30 am ET.</strong></li><li>Baker Hughes rig count data will be released Friday at 1 pm ET.</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong>Natural gas dropped to a session low ahead of Thursday's EIA release; this week's EIA data is expected to show one of the smallest winter draws on record</strong><ul><li>April 2017 natural gas futures were down about $0.09 (-3.4%) around the $2.69/barrel level.</li><li><strong>EIA natural gas data will be released at 10:30 am ET.</strong></li><li>A fifteen-day weather forecast shifted moderately warmer over this past weekend, creating a downward bias in natural gas prices.</li><li>EIA is likely to report one of the smallest winter draws ever on Thursday, negatively impacting the market. Certain estimates call for a draw of just ~4 bcf.</li></ul></li><li>In precious metals, gold & silver traded nearly flat</li><li><strong>The dollar index was -0.2% around the 100.91 level</strong><ul><li>Commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, were -0.2% around the 87.33 level</li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr></table>"