Crude oil is sliding
Crude oil is extending a slide that began on Friday as OPEC met in Vienna.
At its meeting, the oil cartel decided to set its production level at 31.5 million barrels per day, and did not agree on what the new limit should be.
On Monday morning in New York, West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down about 2.7%, and fell to as low as $38.88 per share. WTI fell nearly 3% on Friday. In August, WTI hit a year-to-date low of $37.75.
Brent crude was also getting slammed, and fell nearly 2% to as low as $42.12 per share.
After OPEC's meeting, commodity strategists at Goldman put out a note saying that oil prices could plunge another 50% in the coming months, as the oil market tries to rebalance the supply and demand situation.
OPEC members have ramped up production and have exceeded their quota for at least 18 months to try and push out smaller rivals like US shale producers.
Here's the drop in WTI:Investing.com