US Existing Home sales rose sharply according to data published by the National Association of Realtors on Friday. That took the 12-month rolling number of sales higher to 6.50M from 6.09M in December, above the expected 6.10M. The median price of homes sold was $350.3K, up 15.4% YoY. Home sales …
Read More »Oil Prices Fall Amid Fears of US Inflation
Oil prices fell on Friday as rising inflation in the United States stoked fears of a major interest rate hike as investors awaited the outcome of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran that could increase the global supply of crude. Brent crude futures were down 58 cents, or …
Read More »Oil Briefly Rises On Lower Inventories, OPEC’s Demand Forecast
An aggressive OPEC report on global demand and a drop across the board in US petroleum inventories pushed oil prices higher on Thursday. Total US commercial crude oil inventories are now just over 410 million barrels. Oil prices reversed earlier losses to rise early on Thursday, following a bullish OPEC …
Read More »WTI Surges Above $90.00 For The First Time Since 2014
Front-month WTI futures surged above the $90.00 level for the first time since 2014 in recent trade on Thursday, taking their on-the-day gains to more than $2.0, which would mark the best one-day performance in three weeks. No specific one fundamental catalyst can be singled out as behind the recent …
Read More »Natural Gas Rebounds On EIA Data
Natural gas futures trimmed losses ahead of the latest round of government inventory data early Thursday as strong liquefied natural gas takeaway continue to support prices.Coming off a 36.1-cent sell-off in the previous session, the December delivery Nymex contract was up 17.7 cents to $4.993/MMBtu.Technical momentum and evidence of strong …
Read More »Oil hits highest level as supply tightens
Brent has closed at highest since October 2018, driving NY ULSD futures to hit their highest up in almost three yearsU.S. oil/gas rig count has also risen for 14th month according to Baker Hughes, so, for a third successive week, oil prices have risen to a near three-year high on …
Read More »Copper Deficit Impacts Global Economy
Copper price declined, this weekend, after China said that it would closely monitor market conditions. The Chinese state planner will also continue to free policies concerning copper, aluminum and zinc from its state reserves, in an effort to maintain balance and encounter long-term mismatches between supply and demand.As a direct …
Read More »Bitcoin’s Historic Mining of 700,000th Block
Bitcoin miners successfully mined the 700,000th block of the network, an achievement that is widely looked upon as a major historic milestone in September.Bitcoin’s circulating supply amounts to 18,816,787 BTC and currently trades at USD 48,009, in defiance of its critics with Block Height at around 1,276 transactions embedded within …
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