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Crude, Stocks Soar On Russia-Saudi "Production Freeze" Headline

Total chaos reigns as equity market "participants" flip from manic-sellers (IMF un-growth and Italian sbank bailout failure) to panic-buyers after the following headline hits Bloomberg:

  • SAUDI ARABIA, RUSSIA REACH CONSENSUS ON OIL FREEZE: INTERFAX
  • *INTERFAX SAYS SAUDIS TO DECIDE ON OIL FREEZE REGARDLESS OF IRAN
  • *INTERFAX CITES UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ON RUSSIA, SAUDI CONSENSUS

The nitial surge reaction...

 

Just a day after Algeria said Russia would not agree.

And the funniest thing about all of this farce is that if this headline proves true it is merely the original agreement - in principal - but with both Saudi Arabia and Russia now producing at new record highs.