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Dollar dips, Nikkei slugged by Toshiba selloff
December 29th, 2016
Asian shares were subdued on Thursday after Wall Street suffered a mild setback after weeks of gains, while a pullback in U.S. yields prompted year-end profit taking in the dollar. Japan’s Nikkei shed 1.3 percent as the yen firmed ...
Oil prices step back as investors cash in on latest rally
December 28th, 2016
Oil prices fell Wednesday as investors took profits on the heels of a rally, but trading remained thin. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in February CLG7, -0.15% traded at $53.84 a barrel, ...
Oil prices fall as US inventories, Libya output weigh
December 22nd, 2016
Oil prices slipped in tepid Asian trading today, dragged down by an unexpected rise in US crude inventories last week and moves by Libya to boost output over the next few months. But the fall was curbed by a ...
CFTC Orders Goldman Sachs to Pay $120 Million Penalty for Attempted Manipulation
December 22nd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order today filing and settling charges against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (collectively, Goldman or the Bank). The Order finds that, beginning in January 2007 ...
Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, optimism on output cuts
December 22nd, 2016
Oil prices nudged higher in tepid Asian trading on Thursday, supported by a weaker dollar and optimism that crude producers would abide by an agreement to curb output to prop up markets. But gains were capped by an unexpected ...
Oil prices rise as planned oil production cuts start to materialize
December 16th, 2016
Oil prices rose on Friday after Kuwait appeared to be lining up bigger supply cuts than had been initially expected from January as part of a coordinated effort by oil producers to drain a global glut. International Brent crude ...
Oil prices fall on rising U.S. crude stocks, OPEC output concerns
December 14th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Wednesday following a reported rise in U.S. crude inventories and an estimate that OPEC may have produced more crude in November than previously thought, potentially undermining a planned output cut. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ...
Oil prices stable, supported as output cuts hit market
December 13th, 2016
Oil prices were stable on Tuesday, buoyed by soaring demand in Asia and as signs of a crude production cut organized by OPEC and other exporters materialized, tightening a market that has been grappling with years of oversupply. International ...
Oil prices soar on global producer deal to cut crude output
December 12th, 2016
Oil prices shot to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Monday after OPEC and other producers reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduce output in order to rein in oversupply and prop up markets. Brent crude, the ...
Crude imports by China will probably slow by more than 60 percent in 2017
December 8th, 2016
China demand growth seen slowing as space for stockpiles fills Asia’s biggest buyer also seen reining in private refiners One of the biggest engines soaking up the world’s oil is starting to sputter. Growth in crude imports by China, the second ...
