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Asia loses steam as major markets trade lower
February 23rd, 2016
Asian stocks lost momentum Tuesday, trading mostly lower as the improved market sentiment which spurred a global rally Monday appeared to fade. Chinese markets, which started trading at 9.30 a.m. HK/SIN time, stayed in negative territory in afternoon trade, ...
Brent trades near $33 as Russia sees output talks done by March
February 22nd, 2016
Brent traded near $33/bbl as Russia said talks on an output freeze will be done by March 1 while Nigeria said some countries should have production capped at higher levels. Futures rose as much as 0.8% in London, paring Friday’s 3.7% drop. ...
Oil crisis: Prices decline again after Saudi Arabia refuses to cut production
February 19th, 2016
Oil prices declined after Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said that his country will not cut production. The statement made on 18 February is contrary to what Saudi Arabia had agreed to at the recent emergency meeting in ...
Shares Jump From Europe to Japan as Oil Holds Rally; Yuan Soars
February 16th, 2016
Absence of post-holiday China selloff bolstered sentiment Draghi said ECB will act should turmoil hit price stability Stocks came back with a vengeance amid speculation losses that sent global equities into a bear market had gone too far, with ...
KPI Kuwait said oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017
February 15th, 2016
Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) said on Saturday oil prices could reach a range of $50 to $60 a barrel by mid-2017, the official state news agency and Reuters reported. The agency quoted the company’s top executive Bakheet Al-Rashidi as ...
Brent crude and WTI: Oil prices jump on renewed Opec deal chatter – but analysts aren’t convinced
February 12th, 2016
Crude prices jumped today as renewed chatter about a possible production cut deal swirled around oil markets. Brent crude, the global benchmark, jumped four per cent to $31.26 per barrel. Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmarked, added 3.8 per ...
French energy giant Total’s profits rise 20% to $5.1bn
February 11th, 2016
French oil major Total has reported a 20% increase in annual net profit to $5.1bn, compared with $4.2bn a year earlier. As with other oil firms, the rise in net profit came thanks to its oil refinery business, which ...
HSBC Sued Over Drug Cartel Murders After Laundering Probe
February 10th, 2016
Civil action claims traffickers committed terrorist acts Bank accused of aiding and abetting Sinaloa, other cartels Families of U.S. citizens murdered by drug gangs in Mexico sued HSBC Holdings Plc, claiming the bank can be held responsible for the deaths ...
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 ...
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 ...
