Oil prices rose by more than 1% on Thursday, driven by heightened fuel demand as Hurricane Milton struck Florida, and concerns over potential supply disruptions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures increased by $1.01, or 1.3%, to $77.59 per barrel by 11:08 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) …
Read More »Oil Prices Surge as Middle East Tensions Raise Supply Concerns
Oil prices extended their rally on Monday, with Brent crude approaching $80 a barrel. This follows last week’s sharpest weekly increase since early 2023, fueled by fears of an escalating Middle East conflict that could disrupt exports from the region. As of 0839 GMT, Brent crude futures rose by $1.11, …
Read More »Oil Prices Hold Steady Amid Middle East Tensions, Heading for Weekly Gains
Oil prices were relatively unchanged on Friday but remained on track for significant weekly gains as investors balanced the risks of potential supply disruptions due to escalating tensions in the Middle East against a well-supplied global oil market. As of 04:15 GMT, Brent crude futures slipped by 8 cents to …
Read More »Oil Prices Climb Amid Middle East Conflict Despite Rising U.S. Crude Inventories
Oil prices surged on Thursday as escalating tensions in the Middle East raised concerns about potential disruptions to crude flows from the key exporting region. Despite a rise in U.S. crude inventories, the threat of a widening conflict overshadowed the stronger global supply outlook. By 06:15 GMT, Brent crude futures …
Read More »Oil Prices Boost US stocks
New York Stock Exchange is experiencing a volatile trading session, with Wall Street indices opening lower amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, fueled by ongoing Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon. Economic data released on U.S. labor market conditions indicated a continued improvement in job growth, a trend the …
Read More »US stocks trading flat post ADP data
US stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors looked to data that signaled more cooling in the labor market. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite all traded flat after the gauges closed Tuesday mixed.On Wednesday, fresh signs of softening in the labour market were brought …
Read More »Dallas Fed Survey: Business Conditions Worsened in October
The general business activity index in the Dallas Fed’s Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey (TMOS) decreased by 1.1 points in October, marking the second consecutive month of declines. However, the production index showed growth in Texas factory activity after four months in negative territory. The capacity utilization index also showed a …
Read More »Will NFP report tip the scales on the Fed’s decision in May?
Friday’s awaited report will be the final NFP data immediately before the next Fed meeting in early May, where traders are currently split between expecting a 25bps and a 50bps rate hike.It is like a problematic monetary policy riddle; how can a central bank raise interest rates, but be further …
Read More »FOMC Minutes Preview
The US Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its December policy meeting on Wednesday, January 5, at 1900 GMT and investors will look for clues into the rate future. Investors will finally get to know the likely timing of the Fed’s first rate hike with the release of last …
Read More »Fed Meeting: Forecasts From 4 Major Banks
The US Federal Reserve will announce monetary policy decisions and release the updated Summary on Wednesday at 19:00 GMT. As we get closer to the release time, here are the expectations as forecast by analysts and researchers of 5 major banks. TDS “The taper pace will likely be doubled to …
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