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Daily: European power forward prices plunge to two-month lows due to low fuel prices
Crude oil prices declined 5 percent on Monday to hit their weakest level since January, dragging down global benchmark Brent below $50 a barrel as weak factory activity in China dipped a commodity-wide rout. Brent crude closed down $2.69, or 5.2 percent, to touch $49.52 a barrel. U.S. crude dropped $1.95, or 4.1 percent, to hit $45.17, just about $3 above its 2015 bottom.
read more... 04/08/2015
Daily: WTI crude oil registers the largest decline since 2008
WTI crude registered its largest monthly decline since 2008 financial collapse on Friday after a series of losses in July caused by China’s inventories market slump and on evidence that main Middle East producers were pumping crude at record levels. U.S. crude dropped $1.40, or almost 3 percent, to settle at $47.32 a barrel. It eased more than 2 percent on the week. Brent crude decreased by $1.10, or 2 percent, to close at $52.21 a barrel. It lost 5 percent on the week and 18 percent on the month.
read more... 03/08/2015
Daily: Crude oil prices fell as stronger dollar counters stockpiles decline
Crude futures declined on Thursday, dragged down by dollar appreciation which countered the optimistic sentiment from a decline in U.S. inventories that was much sharper than expected. Brent crude fell 7 cents, or 0.1 percent, to close at $53.31 a barrel. U.S. crude decreased by 27 cents, or 0.6 percent, to settle at $48.52.
read more... 31/07/2015
Daily: European spot power prices decline on higher wind output expectations
Crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday on bullish stockpiles report from the Department of Energy and after Dow Jones indicated that Saudi Arabia would retreat its production after the summer. U.S. crude for September delivery rose by 81 cents to close at $48.79 a barrel Wednesday after soaring as much as 2.5 percent from six-month lows earlier in the session. Front-month Brent futures increased by 6 cents at $53.36 a barrel, having recovered from an intraday low of $52.51.
read more... 30/07/2015
Daily: Crude oil starts to gain ground after four-day loss
Crude oil prices erased a part of their recent decline on Tuesday, with Brent rebounding from near six-month lows and WTI crude rising more than 1 percent, spurred by bets for a decline in U.S. inventories which attenuated worries about a global oversupply and China’s stock market plunge. Brent futures decreased by 17 cents, or 0.3 percent, to close at $53.30 a barrel. It had hit $52.28 earlier in the session, its lowest since early February. U.S. crude futures boosted 59 cents, or 1.2 percent, to settle at $47.98 a barrel.
read more... 29/07/2015