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Daily energy Overview, Thursday, March, 31, 2011
U.S. and Brent crude oil prices went down on Wednesday in thin trading dragged down by unprecedented high stockpiles at the Cushing delivery point for U.S. crude even as uncertainty in the Middle East countries and Libya reduced losses.
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Japan’s nuclear crisis strikes Germany
As worries spread around the world after the detection of plutonium in soil samples that came from crippled Fukushima nuclear reactor, polls in Germany show that 52% of respondents wanted nuclear power phased out completely in the near future, and it was confirmed at recent elections in the German State Baden-Württemberg, where Angela Merkel, head of Christian Democratic Party in Germany, had lost control of this region for the first time in last six decades.
read more... 31/03/2011
Daily energy Overview, Wednesday, March, 30, 2011
U.S. and Brent crude ended higher on Tuesday in thin volume trading supported by stronger equities and uncertainty regarding a fast return of Libyan oil exporting operations. On the NYMEX market, the U.S. crude for May delivery increased by 0.78 percent being traded at 104.79 dollars a barrel, while ICE Brent crude for May delivery gained 36 cents settled at 115.16 dollars a barrel, after registering a trading range between 113.52 and 115.64 dollars.
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Daily energy Overview, Tuesday, March, 29, 2011
U.S. and Brent crude oil futures prices shed on Monday on Libyan rebel successes and thin trading volume near to register the lowest daily volume of the year and on the view that the U.S. Federal Reserve may move to a tighter monetary policy.
read more... 29/03/2011
Daily energy Overview, Monday, March 28, 2011
U.S. crude futures eased on Friday on profit taking, but registered the highest weekly increase in last three weeks, up 4.28 percent supported by supply concerns in Libya and lasting unrest in the Middle East countries.
read more... 28/03/2011