Oil prices halted their recent surge, resembling a 7% increase in the previous three sessions, due to supply concerns and concerns over a Middle East conflict and Libyan oil field shutdown. Brent crude futures fell 32 cents, or 0.39%, to $81.11 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 36 cents, or 0.46%,…
Thursday saw oil prices rise for the third consecutive day as government data revealed a sharp decline in US crude stockpiles, which helped the commodity recover from multi-month lows reached this week. While U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $75.52, Brent crude futures increased by 23 cents, or 0.3%, to…
As investor confidence was encouraged by evidence of strong summer demand and easing inflationary pressures in the world’s largest oil market, the United States, oil prices surged during early Asian trading hours on Friday. Up 37 cents, or 0.4%, to $85.77 per barrel, were Brent crude futures. With a 0.6% increase, U.S. West Texas Intermediate…
With Middle East tensions easing supply concerns and expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue raising interest rates in the largest oil-consuming country in the world buoyed by jobs statistics, oil prices dipped on Friday, on track for a weeklong loss. Futures for Brent crude dropped $1.21, or 1.4%, to $85.64 per barrel, while…
