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CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume of 15 Million Contracts per Day in September 2016
October 5th, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that September 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 15 million contracts per day, up 6 percent from September 2015. CME Group September 2016 options volume averaged 2.9 million contracts per day, up 9 ...
OPEC Agrees to First Oil Output Cut in Eight Years
September 29th, 2016
Oil club to cut output to as low as 32.5 million barrels a day Deal indicates Saudi Arabia and Iran resolved some differences OPEC agreed to the outline of a deal that will cut production for the first time ...
Saudi, Russia Vow Oil Cooperation Without Agreeing to Freeze
September 6th, 2016
Countries have ‘number of tools’ for joint action, Novak says Oil pares gains as rapprochement falls short of concrete steps The world’s top two crude-oil producers pledged to cooperate to stabilize global markets, while failing to announce any specific ...
Oil Rally Fervor Cools as OPEC Output at Record Before Talks
September 5th, 2016
Investors cut bets on oil rally by most in two years: CFTC OPEC production reached 33.69 million barrels a day last month Investors are realizing that OPEC’s talk of a production freeze may not be much of a restraint, ...
European Stock Futures Rise Amid Payrolls Countdown as Oil Gains
September 2nd, 2016
Asian stocks little changed, as are U.S. equity futures Crude set for worst week in eight months on glut concern European stock index futures advanced and commodities gained ahead of key American jobs data that’s seen shaping expectations for ...
Oil price heads for $50 after Russia stokes output-deal rumour
August 16th, 2016
Energy minister Alexander Novak pumps up hopes ahead of production talks next month Oil has enjoyed its best three-session gain for four months and the benchmark that sets prices in the North Sea is moving towards $50 a barrel ...
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market
August 8th, 2016
Russia is set to replace Saudi Arabia as leading oil supplier to the Chinese market; over the past year monthly exports to China from Russia’s Far East have regularly exceeded those from the Middle Eastern country. At the beginning ...
Turkey coup attempt: No immediate impact on oil and gas flows, but long-term concerns raised
July 18th, 2016
A failed coup attempt launched late Friday by Turkish army officers has had little or no impact on oil and gas flows through Turkey, industry officials told Platts. Some 265 people were killed in the violence. A spokesman for ...
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016
July 7th, 2016
CME Group Achieved Average Daily Volume of 16.4 Million Contracts per Day in June 2016, up 13 Percent from June 2015, and 15.1 Million Contracts per Day in Second-Quarter 2016, up 13 Percent from Second-Quarter 2015 Derivatives marketplace CME ...
Oil Pares Biggest Weekly Drop Since April as Dollar Extends Fall
June 17th, 2016
ConocoPhillips restarts oil-sands wells after Canada wildfires Russia sees no need to cooperate on influencing crude markets Oil pared the biggest weekly decline in more than two months as the dollar extended its retreat, increasing the appeal of commodities ...