On Wednesday the dollar returned to growth and currently the dollar index in today's trading session has already exceeded 97.00 and is moving higher. Following Donald Trump’s statements that “negotiations are going well” between the US and China, investors’ optimism exceeded concerns about the breakdown of the deal and US stocks for the fourth consecutive session showed growth.
The congress on Wednesday introduced a bill on new sanctions against Russia, which were supposed to be introduced last year, but were postponed due to a halt in the government. These sanctions will affect the banking sector, debt bonds, and possibly affect energy projects outside the country. Therefore, soon we can expect a weakening of the national currency and perhaps this will affect oil quotes.
At the moment there is news that Donald Trump is close to accepting the government budget bill and the government will not stop working.
As of yesterday's trading session energy prices have gained an average of about 1%, and the price of Brent crude reached the level of November last year, near $64.50 a barrel.
