Oil prices closed Friday lower, despite a decrease in the United States active oil rig count to a record low, amid renewed concerns regarding demand outlook. This comes after PMI data showed that the global economic recovery is not accelerating. Brent crude futures for October delivery lost 55 cents, or …
Read More »Gold Records Second Consecutive Weekly Decline
Gold prices rose on Friday, narrowing its weekly losses for the second week in a row. This comes amid the US Dollar recovering some of its recent losses after falling to its lowest level in two years. Gold futures marginally rose by 50 cents, or about 0.1%, and finished at …
Read More »US Oil Rigs Drops to Record Low
Oil rigs in the United States decreased by three rigs during the week ending on 14 August, data by Baker Hughes showed on Friday. The US oil rig count declined to a new record low at a total of 244 rigs last week. The continuous decrease in active oil rigs …
Read More »Oil Prices Rising as Producers Talk About Efforts to Cut Supplies
Oil prices rose, and is on the path of achieving gains for the third week in a row, as it was strengthened by the efforts of major crude producers to cut production in light of concerns about the economic recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
Read More »Natural Gas Futures: Downside Seen Limited
In light of flash data for Natural Gas futures markets from CME Group, open interest shrunk for the second consecutive session on Thursday, this time by almost 7.4K contracts. Volume, instead, extended the erratic performance and went up by more than 132K contracts.
Read More »Crude Oil Futures: Neutral/Bullish near-term
In light of preliminary prints for Crude Oil futures markets from CME Group, open interest and volume went up by nearly 4.7K contracts and by around 103.5K contracts, respectively, on Thursday.Prices of the WTI keep the broad-based side-lined theme unchanged for the time being, Thursday’s bounce of daily lows was …
Read More »Gold Futures: Further Upside Likely
CME Group’s advanced figures for Gold futures markets noted traders increased their open interest for the second session in a row, this time by just 418 contracts. Volume, on the other hand, reversed three consecutive daily builds and went down by around 64.2K contracts.
Read More »Oil Settles Lower on Recovery Worries
Oil prices decreased on Thursday, on renewed concerns regarding economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, after the US Federal Reserve expected the pandemic to weigh heavily on the economy and the increase in jobless claims in the US last week. Brent crude futures for October delivery settled lower by 47 …
Read More »Gold Falls Below $1,950 an Ounce
Gold prices declined on Thursday, after the most recent meeting minutes by the United States Federal Reserve hinted at potentially further easing in monetary policy. The yellow metal’s decline comes despite the Dollar index (DXY) returning to the downward trend, on the back of an increase in jobless claims in …
Read More »US Natural Gas Storage Rises in Week
Natural gas storage inventories in the United States increased last week, data showed on Thursday. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas stockpiles rose during the week ended on August 14 by 43 billion cubic feet, in line with market expectations. Natural gas futures did not change …
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