Search Results for: Crude-oil prices
Symmetry between prices of gold and crude oil coming apart
June 27th, 2014
A five-year symmetry between international prices of gold and crude oil is coming apart with investors drifting away from the yellow metal as their risk aversion diminishes. Historically, both these commodities had positive correlation, with their prices moving in ...
Stocks Limp to End Weak February
March 1st, 2016
Investors remain cautious, as officials guide China’s currency to weakest level in three weeks February’s rally faded Monday, as the Dow industrials hung on to post a small gain for the month while the S&P 500 slipped into negative ...
Oil down more than 3% as U.S. crude stockpiles rise 6 straight weeks
November 5th, 2015
EIA reports 2.8 million-barrel weekly climb in crude supplies Oil futures lost more than 3% on Wednesday as U.S. government data showed that crude inventories rose for a sixth week in a row. Strength in the dollar added to ...
Oil unlikely to return to $100 a barrel for years
September 25th, 2015
Move would take major change in Saudi policy: Tom Kloza Traders said goodbye to $100 oil prices a little over a year ago, and they might be staying away even longer than some expect. West Texas Intermediate crude-oil prices ...
Central Banks Will Be Busy This Week, But Their Ability To Boost Global Business Is In Doubt
April 27th, 2015
Most big central banks have been easing policy since the beginning of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help ...
What is a negative crude oil price and does it mean anything for consumers?
April 23rd, 2020
The price of a barrel of benchmark US oil plunged below zero dollars a barrel on Monday (April 20) for the first time in history, a troubling sign of an unprecedented global energy glut as the coronavirus pandemic halts ...
Brent crude oil rises to $70
January 15th, 2018
Brent crude oil prices rose to $70 a barrel on Monday, supported by ongoing output cuts led by OPEC and Russia, and ignoring a rise in U.S. and Canadian drilling activity that points to higher future output in North ...
Oil for gold – the real story
October 27th, 2017
Following an article in the Nikkei Asia Review, which reported China will shortly introduce an oil futures contract priced in yuan, there has been some confusion about what it means. The article pointed out that in combination with existing ...
Analysts see the oil price to hit $70 by year end
February 22nd, 2017
Crude oil prices could shoot up to $70 a barrel by the end of 2017 as supply and demand levels continue to rebalance in coming months, according to analysts at Citi. Nearer-term, the research team has raised price estimates ...
Crude Oil Price Falls on Shock Inventory Increase
December 23rd, 2016
The U.S. Energy Department’s inventory release showed that crude stockpiles recorded an unexpected build. This weighed on oil prices , sending West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures down 1.5% (or 81 cents) to $41.71 per barrel Wednesday. On a ...
