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Oil hits five-week top on geopolitical tensions, strong demand
April 11th, 2017
Crude oil climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, with prices underpinned by tensions following a U.S. missile strike on Syria and a shutdown at Libya’s largest oilfield. Additional support also came from expectations of strong demand as the ...
Asia Stocks Slump as China Shares Drop, Yen Gains: Markets Wrap
April 11th, 2017
Treasury yields fall on geopolitical concerns, Yellen comments Crude futures steady after longest winning streak of the year Asian stocks fell as Chinese shares slumped and the yen weighed on Japanese equities. Treasuries climbed amid increasing caution about geopolitical ...
Oil prices firm on strong demand, political uncertainty in Syria
April 10th, 2017
Oil prices were firm on Monday, supported by strong demand and political uncertainty in Syria, although another rise in U.S. drilling activity kept a lid on gains. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil, were at $55.28 per ...
IBM Launches Blockchain Platform for US Oil Trade
April 7th, 2017
Technology giant IBM has developed a blockchain trade finance platform alongside a bank and a commodity trading house to settle deals using the blockchain solution. Singaporean commodities trading house Trafigura and French bank Natixis join IBM in the innovative ...
Oil prices jump 2% after US launches missile strike in Syria
April 7th, 2017
Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which ...
Stocks Fall in Asia After Fed Balance-Sheet Signal
April 6th, 2017
Bloomberg Dollar index erases Wednesday loss; yen rises again Treasury yields steady as pace of U.S. hikes questioned Stocks slid in Asia and futures in the U.S. ticked lower after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed that ...
Asia Shares Slump Before Data, Summit; Yen Climbs: Markets Wrap
April 5th, 2017
Investors await Trump-Xi meeting, U.S. jobs data, Fed minutes Shanghai and Taiwan shares advance after holiday breaks Asian equities slipped as investors awaited more clues on U.S. interest rates and economic growth, ahead of a meeting between Donald Trump ...
Oil rises to near one-month high on gradual tightening of supplies
April 5th, 2017
Oil climbed to a near one-month high on Wednesday on signs of a gradual tightening in global oil inventories and on concerns about a supply outage at a field in the United Kingdom’s North Sea that feeds into an ...
Oil edges up on weaker dollar; Libya output return weighs
April 4th, 2017
Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday due to a weaker dollar, though a rebound in Libyan production put pressure on the market and rising U.S. drilling signaled the potential for increased supply and capped price gains. International Brent crude ...
These factors will affect the oil price in the future
April 3rd, 2017
When oil price bottomed around $27 per barrel last year in February, many predicted a major reversal and the dark days for producers to be over. Yet, more than a year after the bottom, the oil market is struggling ...
