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Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism
November 18th, 2016
Oil prices fell in early trading on Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar snuffed out rekindled hopes that OPEC might agree production cuts. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading down 13 cents at $46.36 per barrel at ...
Asian Energy Stocks Fall as OPEC Split Hits Oil; Dollar Gains
October 31st, 2016
Crude drops after OPEC talks end without individual quotas Gold rises after FBI reopens probe of Clinton’s emails Asian energy stocks fell with oil after the world’s biggest crude producers failed to agree on supply cuts, while rising metals prices ...
Crude prices push further below $50 on rising U.S. inventories, OPEC fears
October 26th, 2016
Oil prices were depressed in early Asian trade Wednesday, dragged lower by a sharp growth in the U.S. crude inventories and rising prospects that a production cut deal proposed by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could sour ...
Oil prices drop as Iraq says doesn’t want to join OPEC cut
October 24th, 2016
Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut production to prop up the market, and as U.S. drillers stepped up work. Brent crude futures ...
Oil rises on reported US crude inventory draw, expected OPEC cut
October 19th, 2016
Oil prices rose early on Wednesday, pushed up by a report of a fall in U.S. crude inventories and an OPEC statement saying a planned production cut was achievable, although analysts warned that Chinese economic data could erode the ...
Oil prices fall on higher OPEC output, rise in U.S. crude stocks
October 13th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Thursday after OPEC said its production had risen to the highest level in at least eight years and following reports of an increase in U.S. crude stockpiles. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $51.46 ...
Oil price falls back from one-year highs, hit by OPEC deal concerns
October 11th, 2016
Oil fell back from one-year highs on Tuesday, knocked by concerns that a production cut by the world’s largest exporters might not be enough to erode a two-year old global surplus of unwanted crude oil. Oil prices jumped as ...
Oil prices fall over doubts that non-OPEC producers will cut output
October 10th, 2016
Oil prices fell on Monday over doubts that an OPEC-led plan to cut output would rein in a global oversupply that has dogged markets for over two years. Brent crude futures were trading at $51.53 per barrel at 0511 GMT, ...
What the recent OPEC deal means for oil prices
October 6th, 2016
The September 28 Algiers accord by Opec to cap production within a range of 32.5 million to 33 million barrels per day was unexpected but very positive for sentiment. This was the first time Opec decided to trim output ...
Ruble best performing emerging market currency since OPEC deal in Algeria
October 6th, 2016
The Russian currency is extending its gains on Wednesday, buoyed by rising oil prices. The ruble has outpaced the Argentinian peso, Hungarian forint, Taiwanese dollars and other emerging market currencies since OPEC agreed to cut production last week. The ...