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Daily: Crude oil ends down hit by oversupply fear, gasoline rally
Crude oil prices lost up to 2% on Friday to hit multi-week lows after Iran, the third-biggest OPEC producer, raised crude exports to over 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, intensifying fears about a global glut, while gasoline increased on refinery and pipeline outages. Bearish U.S. equity markets and rising dollar also had an impact on crude futures and other commodities denominated in the greenback. Brent crude futures declined 82 cents, or 1.8%, to settle at $45.77 a barrel, reaching a two-week low of $45.48. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 88 cents, or 2%, to close at $43.03 a barrel. WTI hit a five-week bottom of $42.74. For the week, Brent lost 5%, while WTI lost 6%.
read more... 19/09/2016
Daily: Crude oil dips at lowest level in a week after IEA, OPEC see oversupply persisting
Crude oil futures plunged at their lowest level in a week on Tuesday, after the International Energy Agency (IEA) and OPEC revised forecasts indicating that the global crude oversupply could persist much longer than anticipated. Brent crude lost $1.22 or 2.5 percent, to settle at $47.10 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude shed $1.39, or 3 percent, to close at $44.90.
read more... 14/09/2016
Daily: British wholesale gas prices down on an oversupplied market
On Thursday, oil prices registered a decrease of more than 3 percent, their biggest decline in a week since January (almost 9 percent), as investors have put aside rumors about a possible production freeze from OPEC, and focused on an unexpected big increase of US crude inventories. Brent crude prices have settled down $1.44 at $45.45 per barrel, or 3.38 percent. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell $1.54 or 3.45 percent at $43.16 a barrel.
read more... 02/09/2016
Daily: Oil prices up on news of Iranian support
Tuesday saw the oil prices going up, after rumors that Iran is sending positive signals that they could support an OPEC joint action by limiting this way the market to prop up. Brent crude increased 80 cents, or 1.6 percent, arriving at $49.96 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude increased 69 cents, or 1.5 percent, to close at $48.10.
read more... 24/08/2016
Daily: Oil prices increased on rumors that Saudi Arabia and some OPEC members will reach an agreement with non-OPEC producers on a production freeze
Crude oil prices have augmented by about $10 per barrel since early August, on thoughts that Saudi Arabia and other members of OPEC will reach an agreement next month with non-OPEC producers headed by Russia concerning a production freeze. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude ended at $48.22 a barrel, up 30 cents, or 0.6 percent, after reaching a session high of $48.75, the highest level since July 5. Brent settled at $50.88 a barrel, a penny lower, after scaling a two-month high at $51.22. Brent rose by 8 percent on the week, going up for a third week consecutively.
read more... 22/08/2016