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Daily: UK day-ahead gas prices tumble on UK-Belgium gas pipeline Interconnector closure
Crude oil prices recovered on Tuesday, spurred by expectations of a sixth consecutive weekly decline in U.S. crude supplies and dollar depreciation. The price of light sweet crude (WTI) for delivery in July rose $2, or 3.4%, to settle at $60.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude boosted $2.19, or 3.5%, to close at $64.88 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
read more... 10/06/2015
Deutsche Boerse institutes European intraday electricity platform
Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse on Tuesday declared it has inked an agreement with five European energy exchanges to establish and run a joint platform to trade within-day electricity from 2017.
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Daily: French and German electricity spot prices traded at par at 33.5 Eur/MWh
Crude oil dropped by 1 percent or more on Monday on a decline in Chinese demand and concerns that OPEC’s decision to hold its output threshold could prolong the actual oversupply, even if a weaker dollar slashed losses. Chinese imports slipped by more than 6 percent, against a 10 percent drop in exports. Brent crude lost 62 cents, or 1 percent, to settle at $62.69 a barrel. U.S. crude fell 1.7 percent, or 99 cents, to close at $58.14.
read more... 09/06/2015
Operators offer UK-Belgium electricity link agreements to Siemens, Sumitomo
Belgium's Elia and Britain's National Grid have offered two contracts together estimated at approximately 500 million euros ($558.35 million) to construct the first electricity trade cable between Britain and Belgium to Siemens and a division of Sumitomo Electric Industries.
read more... 09/06/2015
Daily: Crude oil gains 2% on OPEC decision to hold output level
Crude oil established its first hike in three days on Friday, up 2 percent immediately after the OPEC’s cartel decision to hold production levels at 30 million barrels per day. Crude oil prices were volatile after the OPEC’s announcement, with Brent trading in a narrow range around $62 a barrel, before ending the day up at $63.31 a barrel. On April 16, the European benchmark hit a low of $60.94. For the week, it fell 3.6 percent. WTI crude firmed by $1.13, or almost 2 percent, to settle at $59.13. It lost 2 percent on the week.
read more... 08/06/2015