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Brent Oil Drops Before OPEC Meeting, Iran Nuclear Talks
November 18th, 2014
Brent crude dropped for a second day as investors weighed the possibility that OPEC will reduce output next week, or that talks over Iranâs nuclear program could result in an agreement. West Texas Intermediate was little changed in New ...
Gold Holds Decline From Two-Week High as Dollar Gains, Oil Drops
November 18th, 2014
Gold held a retreat from the highest level in two weeks after the dollar strengthened and energy prices dropped, curbing demand for the metal as an investment. Silver and palladium declined. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,186.35 an ...
Iraq and Kurds Reach Deal on Oil Exports and Budget Payments
November 14th, 2014
Iraq’s central government and the autonomous region of Kurdistan reached an interim agreement on Thursday over oil exports and budget payments, at least temporarily easing a bitter dispute that has threatened the government’s stability. The standoff began earlier this ...
Gold Heads for Weekly Loss as SPDR Assets Extend Drop, Oil Slips
November 14th, 2014
Gold headed for a weekly decline as investors assessed the timing of higher U.S. borrowing costs amid slumping energy prices, with assets in the SPDR Gold Trust posting the longest period of decrease since May 2013. Bullion for immediate ...
U.S. stocks slip from records; oil falls
November 13th, 2014
U.S. equity prices edged off record highs on Wednesday led by weakness in the financial sector after six global banks were fined a total of $4.3 billion for currency rigging, while the oil market sagged on concerns about a ...
Adco investing up to $7bn in commitment to meet 2017 oil production target
November 11th, 2014
The Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (Adco) is set to invest a further US$5 billion to $7bn to meet its production target of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2017, the company’s chief ...
Australia & NZ shares slip as commodity prices fall, China data awaited
November 5th, 2014
Australian and New Zealand shares slipped on Wednesday with weaker iron ore, copper and oil prices dragging down Australia’s heavyweight resources sector amid concerns about global demand. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 29.9 points to 5,490 by 01:20 GMT, ...
Islamic State Looks To Mediterranean To Continue Oil Operations
November 5th, 2014
There is serious concern that the battle for control of Syria by the group calling itself the Islamic State may soon shift from the mountainous region where the fight for the border town of Kobani continues, as fresh troops ...
BHP to test U.S. oil export ban by selling without formal ruling
November 5th, 2014
BHP Billiton Ltd is set to be the first company to export lightly processed ultra-light U.S. oil without explicit permission from the government, further testing the limits of an increasingly contentious ban on foreign sales. Eight months after two ...
The Opportunity in Weak Commodity Prices
October 31st, 2014
Commodity markets – especially for crude oil — continue to face headwinds from excess supply and uncertainties about divergent monetary policies. But nascent positive trends give commodity markets a more balanced outlook, in our view. Looking into the end ...