Market response12 Apr 2020 23:04
If it was a bigger cut “then you would’ve seen oil prices strengthen to $30 very quickly and that would be helpful for equity markets but we didn’t get that,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.
“The only new news here is that they did finally reach an agreement but the 10 million was already in the marketplace,” said Cardillo, adding that it should help the market avoid hitting new lows.
Cardillo noted that much would now depend on when governments around the world are able to lift stay-at-home orders aimed at suppressing the coronavirus.
If the global economy stays closed for another few months “this 9.7 million reduction will be meaningless because people aren’t driving,” Cardillo said.
Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda in New York, wrote that he would not be surprised if the agreement became a “buy the rumor, sell the news” event, though he believes it could still give some support to oil prices.