Oil prices pared earlier gains and fell on Thursday, after a day of sharp declines caused by US interest rate hikes, but the attention was still focused on the supply shortage. Brent crude futures fell 45 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $118.06 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures …
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Oil prices fell on Wednesday amid concerns about fuel demand and global economic growth ahead of an expected big hike in interest rates by the Federal Reserve. Brent crude futures fell $1.27, or 1 percent, to $119.90 a barrel by 1001 GMT. The price of US West Texas Intermediate crude …
Read More »Oil prices rise as supply shortage worsens
Oil prices rose by about $1 in volatile trade on Tuesday, June 14, as the impact of global supply shortages outweighed fears that fuel demand would be hit by a recession and new restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid-19 in China. The price of US West Texas Intermediate …
Read More »Oil prices fell after Beijing’s warnings of an increase in Corona cases
Oil prices fell more than $2 on Monday after rising COVID-19 infections in the Chinese capital, Beijing, dashed hopes of a rapid increase in China’s demand for fuel, while concerns about global inflation and economic growth further depressed the market. Brent crude futures fell $1.81, or 1.48 percent, to $119.95 …
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The dollar rose to a nearly four-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, after data showed US consumer prices accelerated in May, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to keep raising interest rates until September to combat inflation. In the 12 months to May, the US consumer price …
Read More »Oil prices are on their way to record a weekly rise
Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track to record new weekly gains, supported by strong demand for fuel in the United States, although new measures to combat Covid-19 in Shanghai and Beijing limited the gains. Brent crude rose 98 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $124.05 a barrel by …
Read More »Oil falls as demand fears exacerbate due to a new partial closure in Shanghai
Oil prices fell on Friday but remained close to three-month highs, as concerns about new anti-Covid-19 closures in Shanghai outweighed the impact of strong fuel demand in the United States, the world’s largest consumer. Brent crude futures for August delivery fell 77 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $122.30 a barrel …
Read More »Oil leaps to 13-week high on rising gasoline demand
Crude oil prices jumped over 2% to a 13-week high on Wednesday as US demand for gasoline keeps rising despite record pump prices, while expectations that China’s oil demand will increase faced growing supply concerns in several countries, including Iran.Analysts have said a nuclear deal with Iran could add about …
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Around the end of 2021, nobody was talking about a US recession, but now, the dreaded ‘recession’ word is on everybody’s lips. During the week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk voiced this fear using the “super bad feeling” phrase about the US economy. “Lots of luck on his trip to the …
Read More »WTI crude rallies over 2% on declining US inventories
The American WTI crude oil pushed higher on Thursday after OPEC+ had agreed to increase its monthly oil quotas, meanwhile, US inventories declined by 5.1-million barrels last week, above the 1.3-million-barrel fall.West Texas Intermediate crude trades at $117.53, namely it is 2.37% higher on Thursday as US oil inventories fell …
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