Friday -- COB -- Time To Go Clubbing -- With Or Without Masks -- June 3, 2022

Nice way to end the day:

• President Biden will fly all the way to Saudi Arabia to beg them to increase production after shutting down oil production in his own country;
• WTI surges 3%; up $3.50; trading at $120.40
• Brent surges 3%; up $3.70; trading at $121.30

Release the Kraken: in North Dakota, Covid-19 cases have jumped past 1,000 and several counties in the state have moved into the medium or high transmission risk categories -- The Bismarck Tribune.  

At this link, of the 50 states, North Dakota is ranked #47, just above South Dakota at #48, for overall severity of Covid-19. Number 49 and number 50 were Wyoming and Vermont, respectively. Let's take a look at the graphs for North Dakota: 

Meanwhile, over in Shanghai, China, with a population of 26 million, three new cases were identified. The government is considering whether to shut the city down again.