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Daily: Oil recovers 7% as Iran hails output freeze
Crude oil prices rebounded 7 percent on Wednesday after Iran announced it will support any effort to stabilize oil prices, including Russia- Saudi move to freeze production to deal with the market glut that dragged down prices to their weakest level in a dozen years. Brent rose by $2.32, or 7.2 percent, to settle at $34.50 a barrel. U.S. crude boosted $1.62, or 5.6 percent, to close at $30.66 a barrel.
read more... 18/02/2016
Daily: Brent losses almost 4 % after top producers deal
Brent oil lost almost 4 percent on Tuesday, slashing early gains after top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to freeze oil output at near-record levels, the first coordinated move by the world’s two largest producers to counter a decline that has hit economies, markets and companies. Brent fell $1.21 to settle at $32.18 a barrel, after increasing earlier to $35.55. U.S. crude declined 40 cents at $29.04, off the day's peak of $31.53.
read more... 17/02/2016
Daily: British spot gas prices jump amid an undersupplied transmission system
Crude oil prices edged higher on Monday, prolonging an increase triggered last week by hopes that OPEC might agree to slash output to reduce oversupply that has dragged down prices to their weakest level in a decade. Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, rose 21 cents at $33.57 a barrel at 14:28 GMT. U.S. futures stood at $29.68 a barrel, up 24 cents on Friday's settlement. Trade was thinner than usual on Monday due to the U.S. Presidents Day holiday.
read more... 16/02/2016
Daily: Crude oil soars from 12-year low as OPEC pledges to cut output
Global oil prices soared as much as 12 percent on Friday after the release of a report indicating OPEC might finally agree to slash production to curb the oversupply. WTI crude's front-month boosted $3.23, or 12.3 percent, to close at $29.44 per barrel, attaining a session high of $29.66. It reached a 12-year low of $26.05 the previous day. For the week, it declined 4.7 percent. Brent rose by $3.30 to settle at $33.36 a barrel, having declined below $30 on Thursday. Weekly losses retired to 2 percent.
read more... 15/02/2016
Daily: European electricity spot prices soar on higher consumption in France, lower wind power output
WTI crude prices declined 2 percent on Wednesday as inventories at the main U.S. delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma touched record highs following production cuts at refineries, while Brent boosted for the first time in five days on global production reduction outlook. U.S. crude eased 49 cents, or 1.8 percent, to close at $27.45 a barrel. It soared more than $1 earlier before plunging to near 12-year lows on the EIA data. Brent crude rose 52 cents, or 1.7 percent, to settle at $30.84 a barrel. It was Brent's first increase since February 2.
read more... 11/02/2016