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Daily (11.01.2017): Crude oil dips 2% on stronger dollar, doubts OPEC reductions
Crude oil prices shed 2 percent on Tuesday to hit the weakest level in nearly a month, prolonging the previous session’s sell-off as the U.S. dollar appreciated and on intensified doubts over whether producing countries would implement a deal to curb output.
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Daily (10.01.2017): British gas prices rise on cold snap forecasts
Oil prices sank by around 4% on Monday on concerns that record Iraqi crude exports and rising U.S. production would undermine OPEC's efforts to lessen global oversupply. In Iraq, OPEC's second major producer, oil exports from the southern Basra ports hit a record high of 3.51 million barrels per day (bpd) in December, according to the oil ministry.
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Daily (09.01.2017): US crude increased slightly to settle at $53.99, as traders parse signs OPEC is reducing production
Oil traded higher on Friday since investors acquired futures before the weekend, but a strong U.S. dollar limited gains, as did lasting uncertainties about whether all OPEC producers would reduce output according to the agreement.
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Daily (06.01.2017): Oil settles higher as Saudi production cuts counterbalance U.S. products build
Oil prices rose on Thursday in an up-and-down session, boosted by news that Saudi Arabia had limited production to meet OPEC's pact after data have shown a significant rise in U.S. gasoline and distillate inventories.
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Daily (05.01.2017): German spot electricity contract surges 85% on cold snap, decrease in wind supply
Crude oil prices rebounded about 2 percent on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. crude stockpiles will decline and on signs that the world's top oil exporters will cut the output as agreed, move that took effect this week. Global benchmark Brent crude futures boosted 99 cents, or 1.8 percent, to close at $56.46 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose by 93 cents to settle at $53.26 a barrel, also a 1.8 percent gain.
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