Tag Archives: Oil Prices

The International Energy Agency said on Wednesday that global oil demand is rising slowly, but is about to receive a significant boost, thanks to the resumption of air traffic and the resumption of economic activities in China after the lifting of restrictions related to Covid-19. “Global oil demand growth started …

The SVB collapse drove US stock markets to monthly lows. The Nasdaq managed to recover and gained 0.45%, while the Dow Jones lost 0.28% and the S&P 500 fell by 0.15%. The VIX rose 6% after pulling back during the second half of the US trading session. Crude Oil prices …

The US crude oil benchmark dropped more than 2% on risk-off impulse, with a bank crisis in the United States raising fears for a possible contagion amid accelerating talk about the potential domino effect. Chinese demand recovers to put a lid on WTI’s fall. At the time of writing, WTI …

Last week, as China seeks to intensify its efforts to reduce stubborn financial risks and technological bottlenecks during President Xi Jinping’s third term, the country kept the top leaders at the central bank and the Ministry of Finance unchanged.In the United States, a government study on Friday renewed hopes of …

On Friday morning, Brent crude fell as much as 2.8% on news reports that the United Arab Emirates is pondering leaving OPEC, the influential 13-nation oil producer alliance.Later, Brent recovered its losses and started to rise; at 11:30 a.m. ET, it was trading at $85.23 per barrel, up 0.57% from …

The dollar benefited from renewed concerns about the continued US Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening spurring risk aversion. As American inflation eased just modestly in January, hopes for a Fed’s pivot faded. The United States published Retail Sales on Wednesday, which surged by 3% MoM in January, much better than anticipated. …

Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in the financial markets during the past trading week, and shed light, in an interview on Dubai TV, on the expectations of US inflation data, …

The US Energy Information Administration’s February short-term energy expectations are indicating a decline of oil pricing over the next two years as well as a 50% drop in natural gas prices. In addition, the production of global liquid fuels is expected to get lower in 2023. Russia and China still …

The USD/CAD pair is holding to gains as traders await clues by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech later on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the pair is trading at 1.3463, registering 0.12% gains versus the previous closing at 1.3445.On Tuesday, the US trade deficit widened, though market participants ignored …

New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has said she is resigning, in an unexpected announcement that came as she confirmed a national election for October. At the party’s first caucus meeting of the year on Thursday, Ardern said she “no longer had enough in the tank” to do the job. …