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Oil prices fall as dollar gains, but possible stock drawdown supports
May 24th, 2016
Oil prices fell in thin trade on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened, but losses were curbed by a likely drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles. Brent futures had declined 42 cents to $47.93 a barrel by 0643 ...
Oil prices dip on strong dollar, firm global supply
May 23rd, 2016
Oil prices slipped in Asian trade on Monday on a strong dollar and signs that global crude supply is holding up even as volumes hit by unplanned outages rise to at least five-year highs. In a further indication of ...
Oil prices rise as turmoil in Nigeria adds to global supply disruptions
May 20th, 2016
Oil prices rose in early trading on Friday as turmoil in Nigeria, shale bankruptcies in the United States and crisis in Venezuela all contributed to tightening supplies. Despite this, brimming inventories across the world were preventing supply shortfalls and ...
Asian stocks get a lift from higher oil prices
May 20th, 2016
A bounce in oil prices supported major Asian benchmark indexes on Friday, though the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates again weighed on some markets in the region. China-related stocks were up 1.5% in Hong Kong and the Hang ...
Oil prices reach six-month high on latest surge
May 18th, 2016
Oil prices continued to surge on Tuesday, reaching a six-month high. The price of a barrel of Brent Crude reached just short of $49.50 on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is also approaching the $50 mark. ...
Oil Advances to Six-Month High as U.S. Stockpiles Seen Falling
May 17th, 2016
Crude inventories forecast to decline by 3.5 million barrels Unplanned outages in Nigeria and Canada have cut global output Oil advanced to a seven-month high before U.S. government data forecast to show crude stockpiles dropped for a second week, ...
Hedge funds show best returns from Russian markets
May 16th, 2016
Russian assets have brought hedge fund managers 29 percent gains since the start of 2015, their highest revenues among emerging markets. The figure is eight times higher than the return on investments in China and 16 times greater than ...
Goldman Sachs says oil’s biggest problem could be over— and now crude is on a charge
May 16th, 2016
The price of oil is surging on Monday morning thanks to a production disruption in Nigeria, continued worries about the amount of crude Venezuela will be able to produce as the country’s economy continues to plunge deeper into crisis, ...
Asia trades mixed; Chinese shares under pressure
May 16th, 2016
Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday, as traders shrugged off data released over the weekend that revived concerns over the Chinese economy. Japan’s Nikkei 225 pared some of its over 1 percent gains from early morning to close up 54.19 ...
Oil prices jump as Goldman Sachs says market flips into deficit
May 16th, 2016
Oil prices jumped over 1 percent on Monday after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply following global oil disruptions and flipped to a deficit. International Brent crude futures were trading at ...
