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Brent Crude Falls Below $45 for First Time Since 2009 on Surplus
August 24th, 2015
Oil in London slid below $45 a barrel for the first time since March 2009 on concerns Chinese demand is slowing just as supplies from the U.S. and Iran threaten to swell a global surplus. Brent futures fell as ...
Arabian Gulf markets lose $58 billion as weak oil and global equity rout spark sell-off
August 24th, 2015
Billions of dirhams were wiped off the value of Dubai shares yesterday, as stock markets across the Arabian Gulf lost US$58 billion on a day of calamitous trading. The sharp sell-offs came in the wake of sliding oil prices ...
Oil Price Collapse Triggers Currency Crisis In Emerging Markets
August 24th, 2015
Emerging market currencies are getting slammed by the collapse in commodity prices, a downturn that has accelerated in recent weeks. The health of many middle-income and emerging market economies has been predicated on relatively strong commodity prices. A whole ...
Global Selloff Deepens as Stocks Sink With Oil
August 24th, 2015
Equity investors took flight across Asia, sending the region’s benchmark stock gauge toward a bear market and Chinese stocks plunging by the most since 2007 as U.S. futures tumbled. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped below 2 percent. China’s Shanghai Composite ...
Oil Poised for Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 1986 Amid Glut
August 21st, 2015
Oil headed for the longest run of weekly declines in almost three decades on signs the supply glut that drove prices to a six-year low will be prolonged. Futures fell as much as 1.6 percent in New York, set ...
Derivatives markets see oil prices to stay low for years to come
August 20th, 2015
Oil prices will stay low for years to come, derivatives markets say, keeping a lid on inflation and helping boost global growth. Oil has more than halved in value over the last year, thanks to huge oversupply, and many ...
Asian Shares Flat; Yuan-Related Turmoil Fades
August 18th, 2015
China property data continues to be rare bright spot Asian markets were roughly flat Tuesday as turmoil from a weaker yuan dissipated and China’s property market showed signs of recovery. In China, housing continues to be a rare bright ...
Oil Prices Slide to 6½-Year Low
August 14th, 2015
Concern about Chinese demand after yuan’s devaluation pressures crude prices Crude-oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped to a more-than six-year low Friday on escalating concerns about demand from China following the yuan’s devaluation. Nymex oil futures for ...
IEA Sees Oil Glut Enduring in 2016 After Reaching 17-Year High
August 12th, 2015
The global oil glut will last through next year as surging demand and faltering supply growth fail to clear the surplus, according to the International Energy Agency. Record inventories will expand further even as consumption climbs by the most ...
Oil price slumps to lowest level in more than 6 years
August 12th, 2015
The price of U.S. crude oil has tumbled to its lowest level in more than six years. Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.88, or 4 percent, to settle at $43.08 a barrel in New York on Tuesday, its lowest close ...
