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Daily: Crude oil prices rebound to close above $38 a bbl
Crude oil prices rebounded to settle above $38 a barrel on Thursday, with U.S. crude receiving support from declining stockpiles, pushing WTI crude to a premium to global benchmark Brent for the first time in about a year. Brent crude rose 53 cents to settle at $37.89 a barrel. It plunged to $35.98, an 11-year low, on Tuesday. U.S. crude edged 60 cents higher to close at $38.10 after gaining more than 8 percent last week.
read more... 28/12/2015
Daily: European spot power prices decline ahead of Christmas
Oil futures continued to recover from multiyear lows on Wednesday, closing sharply higher after figures showed that U.S. crude stockpiles recorded an unexpectedly large decline previous week. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in February rebounded $1.36, or 3.8%, to settle at $37.50 a barrel. Brent crude for February delivery on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $1.25, or 3.5%, to end at $37.36 a barrel, ending a five-session losing streak.
read more... 24/12/2015
Daily: WTI crude posts a premium to Brent for the first time since August 2010
The U.S. crude oil benchmark on Tuesday posted a premium to its global equivalent for the first time in more than five years, partly supported by the lifting of a four-decade ban on U.S. oil exports and pessimistic bets before the year-end made by analysts. Futures on Brent crude declined 24 cents, or 0.7%, to end at $36.11 a barrel on London’s ICE exchange, while futures for February delivery of West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 33 cents, or 0.9%%, to settle at $36.14 a barrel. WTI closed above Brent on August 16, 2010.
read more... 23/12/2015
Daily: Brent crude collapses to 11-year low on weaker demand for heating oil
Brent crude oil plunged to its lowest price in more than 11 years on Monday, as demand for heating oil declined on warmer-than-normal temperatures. Brent's premium over U.S. crude narrowed further after President Barack Obama passed a law on Friday that will lift a 40-year ban on U.S. crude oil exports. U.S. crude futures rose 1 cent to settle at $34.74 a barrel in the last day of trading on the January contract, before slipping slightly in post-settlement trading. Brent futures collapsed 53 cents to end at $36.35, drooping as much as 2 percent during the session to a low of $36.04, their weakest since July 2004.
read more... 22/12/2015
Daily: Crude oil prices settle down for a third consecutive week on U.S. rig count hike
Crude oil prices declined about half a percent on Friday after a surprisingly increase of U.S. oil rig for the first time in five weeks, dragging down a market already at seven-year lows. Brent and WTI futures fell for a third consecutive week, ending 2015 down about 35% amid oil oversupplies. Brent ended the session down 18 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $36.88. Brent posted a 3 % decline on the week. WTI settled at $34.29 a barrel, the lowest level since February 2009, after the release of the Baker Hughes' report. For the week, WTI lost 2.5%.
read more... 21/12/2015