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Asia markets close mixed; Hong Kong shares tumble
February 11th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday as investors digested remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and oil remained volatile. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which resumed trading today after being shut from Monday through Wednesday for the Lunar New ...
Oil prices fall on U.S. storage glut, ongoing economic woes
February 11th, 2016
Oil prices slid on Thursday as record U.S. crude inventories at the Cushing delivery point and worries about a global economic slowdown weighed on markets, and Goldman Sachs said prices would remain low and volatile until the second half ...
OPEC expects rivals to pump out less oil in 2016
February 10th, 2016
Oil cartel OPEC has cut its forecasts for how much its rival producers will produce in in 2016, while the 12-member group continues to ramp up its own production levels. According to the latest monthly report from the group, ...
Oil prices rebound from sharp selloff; more volatility expected
February 10th, 2016
Crude oil prices pushed higher on Wednesday after Iran said it was open to cooperation with Saudi Arabia, partly recovering from an 8 percent fall in the previous session on concerns over demand and weak equities. Liquidity in Asia ...
Iran ready to discuss oil with Saudis
February 10th, 2016
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to negotiate with Saudi Arabia over the current conditions in international oil markets. “We support any form of dialogue and cooperation with OPEC member states including Saudi ...
IEA releases Oil Market Report for February
February 10th, 2016
As signs of a demand slowdown surface, higher OPEC output only partly offsets non-OPEC decline Having peaked, at a five-year high of 1.6 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2015, global oil demand growth is forecast to ease back ...
Nikkei extends losses with banks, commodities stocks under pressure
February 10th, 2016
Monkeys threw a wrench into Asian markets in the Lunar New Year’s first week of trading, with sharp sell-offs in Japan, Singapore, and Down Under on Wednesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 56.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at ...
Greek Prime Minister Tsipras Meets With Iranian Leaders in Tehran
February 9th, 2016
Greece hopes to become an economic link between Iran and EU now that sanctions are lifted Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday became the first Western leader to visit Iran since the lifting of trade sanctions against the ...
Iran-France oil contract to take effect Feb 16
February 9th, 2016
France’s energy giant Total will start importing 160,000 barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil from Iran later this month, Iran’s petroleum minister says. Bijan Zangeneh said an agreement, signed last month in Paris between National Iranian Oil Company ...
Australia, Japan sell-off amid global rout; Nikkei drops 5.4%
February 9th, 2016
Australian and Japanese markets closed sharply lower on Tuesday, after another sell-off in U.S. and European stocks overnight as many Asian markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year. China and Taiwan are closed for the week, while markets ...
