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Daily: Oil rebounds after eight-day series of declines
Crude oil prices climbed on Thursday, breaking eight-day series of decline, as investors covered short positions, but the market closed not far from 12-year lows on concerns that Iran may inject barrels in an already oversupplied global market. Brent crude rose 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, to close at $31.03 a barrel. Earlier in the session, it jumped to $31.23 after declining to $29.73, its lowest level since February 2004. Over the past eight sessions, Brent had decreased by about $7 a barrel, almost 20 percent. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) also increased 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, to settle at $31.20. It attained a 12-year low of $29.93 earlier this week.
read more... 15/01/2016
Daily: Brent near to 12-year low as market struggles with sluggish demand
Brent crude lost 2% on Wednesday after slipping below $30 a barrel for the first time since April 2004 as increasing inventories of oil in the United States intensified worries about demand. Brent shed to a fresh 12-year low at $29.96 a barrel before settling at $30.31 a barrel, down 55 cents or 1.8 percent. WTI crude closed at $30.48, up 4 cents or 0.1 percent after declining as low as $30.10. On Tuesday, it plunged as low as $29.93, the lowest level since December 2003.
read more... 14/01/2016
Daily: Oil prices trade below psychological threshold of $30 a barrel for first time since 12 years
Crude oil prices lost 3 % on Tuesday, posting a seventh straight daily decline for oil. Oil prices shed briefly below $30-per-barrel level, which is both a psychological and financial threshold and prolonging a selloff that has trimmed prices by almost 20% this year. Benchmark Brent crude slipped 69 cents to settle at $30.86, after bottoming at $30.34. U.S. WTI dropped 97 cents to close at $30.44 a barrel, a 3.1% loss, after hitting a low of $29.93, which was last recorded in December 2003. The decline was prompted by intensifying concerns about sluggish demand in China and the lack of output restraint.
read more... 13/01/2016
Daily: European power forwards at fresh lows on weaker coal, carbon prices, economic slowdown in China
Crude oil prices dipped 6 % to hit new 12-year low as further reductions in the Chinese stocks market threatened to sink crude as low as $20 a barrel. Morgan Stanley warned that a further devaluation of the yuan could send oil prices spiraling into the $20-$25 per barrel range, prolonging the year's 15 percent decline. Brent crude futures eased $2.00 to close at $31.55 a barrel, their weakest since April 2004. Brent has collapsed more than 15 percent in six consecutive days of losses, the largest fall in a year. U.S. WTI crude futures shed $1.75 to settle at $31.41 a barrel, the lowest level since December 2003.
read more... 12/01/2016
Daily: Oil prices down for a fifth consecutive day, posting 10% decline on the week
Crude oil prices plunged for a fifth consecutive day on Friday, down 10% on the week, and Goldman Sachs argued more losses were needed to oblige producers to slash supplies enough to balance the oversupply and pessimistic outlook in the market. Brent eased 20 cents to settle at $33.55 a barrel. It attained a session low of $32.78, after decreasing on Thursday to $32.16, the weakest level since April 2004. For the week, Brent shed 10 percent, just behind the 11 percent decline in the opening week of 2015, which was a record loss for oil in the first full trading week of any year. WTI closed 11 cents lower at $33.16. It dropped to $32.64 earlier in the day, after slipping to $32.10 on Thursday, its lowest level since December 2003.
read more... 11/01/2016