Oil traders are daring to defy market kingpin Saudi Arabia

The market is becoming less responsive to Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman’s decision to cut Saudi Arabia’s oil production in July to its lowest output in more than a decade, if not for Covid.
Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the 35th OPEC on June 4, 2023. | Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the 35th OPEC on June 4, 2023. | Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by Alex Longley, bloomberg news

Oil traders are starting to ignore the most important person in the market. It could prove a risky gambit.

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