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US shares, treasury yields and the US dollar reversed direction and closed lower, Wednesday. The three assets were negatively several by several factors in the markets, most notably the decision by Amazon.com to stop accepting payments with Visa cards in the UK as of 2022 in addition to negative data …

Biden’s administration asked some of the world’s largest oil consuming countries to consider releasing a portion of their crude reserves in a coordinated effort to lower prices and stimulate the economic recovery.Reuters has quoted anonymous sources to convey the news late on Wednesday night. It is noteworthy that WTI crude …

While U. S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders in Glasgow continue efforts to fight climate change, OPEC ministers meet today under mounting pressure from Washington, New Delhi and Beijing to pump more crude oil, and here lies a significant paradox.OPEC meeting, Thursday, is poised to defy the U. …

WTI US crude oil rises during the New York session, trading at $84.30. The market sentiment has remained positive as U. S. shares are supported by U. S. Q3 solid corporate earnings, which helped ease investors’ nervousness around high inflation and central bank monetary policy tightening.In the meantime, the US …

WTI futures have bounced up to $82.50. the U. S. crude oil regained previous losses to return to levels near multi year highs at $83.95.Crude prices remain within previous ranges, consolidating after a nine week surge, however, oil prices retreated earlier today as the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Federal …

Spokesperson of the German Ministry of Economy Beate Baron pointed out, Friday, that all the available capacities for natural gas supplies from Russia to Europe are used. “According to my data, pipeline capacities are used properly”, she said. “You need to check with market players how high capacities are”, Baron …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that certification of the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline could soften the crisis due to hiking European gas prices. Gas prices in Europe fell today below the level of $1,000 per thousand cubic meters after Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed …

Russia announced 27,550 new cases of Covid-19 disease on Thursday, the highest number of daily infections recorded this year, amid an outbreak that prompted officials to urge people to receive vaccinations. The government task force concerned with combating the Coronavirus said that it recorded 924 deaths related to Covid-19 during …

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are settling at $77.43. That is down $1.50 or -1.9%. The price is settling near the lows for the day at $77.06. The high for the day was up at $79.78.The move to the downside was helped by comments early in …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that certification of the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline could soften the crisis due to hiking European gas prices.Prices have spiked in response to a recovery in demand, particularly from Asia, when storage levels are low.European Dutch wholesale gas for …