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Daily: Brent and U.S. crude oil decline due to Ukraine, Libya supply worries
Brent crude oil traded slightly over $110 a barrel on Tuesday amid supply disruption worries as Ukrainian forces confronted separatists in Donetsk for a second day and since oil output in Libya was cut to 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) as a result of chaos in the country.
read more... 28/05/2014
Daily: European power prices jump on colder weather, lower solar power output
Brent and U.S crude oil prices slumped on Thursday after Brent hit a 1/2 month high and traders took gain amid continuing violence in Libya and upbeat economic data in China and the United States.
read more... 23/05/2014
Daily: U.S. oil prices rocket on dollar depreciation, contract expiration
U.S. crude oil prices soared to about one-month highs on Monday a day before the June contract’s expiration on the back of dollar depreciation, while Brent prices slipped alongside the drop in global equities which offset the impact of low Libyan output.
read more... 20/05/2014
Daily: Brent crude posts a weekly gain of 1.8% on tight supply in Libya
Brent crude oil rebounded on Friday to settle about 2 percent higher on the week, spurred by worries about output in Libya, where protesters closed again two oilfields, while violent confrontations burst in the east. Brent crude rose by 66 cents to close at $109.75 a barrel, posting a weekly gain of 1.8 percent. U.S. crude increased by 52 cents, or 0.51 percent, arriving at $102.02 a barrel, or 2 percent higher compared with the previous week.
read more... 19/05/2014
Daily: European spot power prices rebound amid weak renewable power output
Oil prices increased across both sides of continent on Wednesday, pushed up by a draw on U.S. crude inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, crude oil delivery hub, while gasoline stockpiles drove Brent and U.S. crude to the three weeks highs.
read more... 15/05/2014