Oil prices increased on Monday following their greatest weekly loss in months as UBS agreed to acquire Credit Suisse and some of the biggest central banks in the world worked to reassure and stabilize the world’s financial markets. Following a week in which it lost about 12% of its value, the price of Brent oil…
The biggest US bank failure since 2008 continued to reverberate through financial markets as oil prices extended losses ahead of important inflation data. After a turbulent session on Monday and a 2.5% decline in the closing price, West Texas Intermediate fell under $75 a barrel. Investors will be watching the consumer price index reading, which…
Despite a decline in early Friday trade, oil prices were still expected to end the week up about 2% as a rebound in factory activity in China outweighed mounting worries about accumulating U.S. crude supplies and prospective European rate hikes. The price of Brent crude futures decreased by 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $84.36 a…
On Wednesday, oil prices increased for a second day as expectations for global fuel consumption were raised by news of rising manufacturing activity in China, the largest consumer of crude. May Brent crude oil was up 24 cents, or 0.3%, to 83.69 per barrel. The April contract reached its expiration on Tuesday at $83.89, up…
On Thursday, oil prices marginally increased in light Asian trading, breaking a six-day losing run fueled by growing worries that more aggressive interest rate increases by central banks will stifle economic development and fuel demand. A barrel of Brent crude futures increased by 2 cents to $80.62. WTI crude futures increased by 9 cents, or…
After settling around $2 a barrel on Friday, oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Monday as increased supplies in the United States and expectations of additional interest rate hikes dampened optimism about China’s demand rebound. To reach $82.91 a barrel, Brent crude lost 9 cents or 0.1%. The price of March…
In the second half of the year, when China’s economy emerges from anti-virus lockdowns, crude oil prices could reach $100 per barrel, according to Iran’s liaison to OPEC. Afshin Javan, Iran’s national representative to the OPEC producer group, stated on the fringes of the India Energy Week conference in Bengaluru that “we have some market…
A weaker dollar and increased prospects of future rate hikes that are less aggressive helped gold prices extend their new year surge and rise more than 1% to their highest level since mid-June. The price of spot gold increased by 1.2 percent to $1,860.64 per ounce, reaching its highest level since June 13. U.S. gold…
The market anticipates that the easing of Covid-related limitations in China will increase demand for the commodity, which is why crude oil futures traded higher on Monday. The price of January crude oil futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) opened at $6,620, up $0.99 from the previous close of $6,555. The price of February…
Amid rising crude oil prices and ongoing capital outflows from abroad, the rupee started the session Monday on a flat note against the U.S. dollar. The rupee depreciated 1 paisa from the previous close to trade at 82.83 at the interbank foreign exchange from its opening price of 82.79. The rupee lost 3 paisas against…
