COMMODITIES Crude oil prices have slipped back from three-month highs on reports that Shanghai will go into a renewed lockdown. The early week optimism of a Chinese rebound has given way to the realisation that any recovery is likely to be very stop-start in nature, given that China is showing little inclination to deviate from its zero-covid strategy. MICHAEL HEWSON, CMC MARKETS

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