Commodities

Oil prices fell a second day on Friday, extending losses after OPEC cut its demand forecast and the International Energy Agency said the market was still over-supplied. Brent crude was down 47 cents,...

Oil prices fell on Thursday, giving up some of the recent strong gains, although losses were curbed by production cuts and hopes that rollouts of vaccines will drive a recovery in demand....

Oil prices rose again on Wednesday, extending their more than week-long rally after industry data showing a fall in U.S. crude oil stocks added to optimism about an expected rise in global...

Oil prices edged up on Tuesday to their highest in 13 months as supply cuts by major producers and optimism over fuel demand recovery support energy markets. Brent crude futures for April gained...

Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in just over a year, with Brent nudging past $60 a barrel, boosted by supply cuts among key producers and hopes for further economic...

Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent futures nearing $60 a barrel, boosted by supply cuts among key producers and hopes for further U.S. economic stimulus measures to boost demand. Brent crude for...

Oil prices climbed on Friday to their highest levels in a year, extending a run of strong gains this week, boosted by the continued commitment of producers to hold back crude supply...

Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after the OPEC+ alliance of major producers stuck to a reduced output policy, and as crude stockpiles in the United States fell to their lowest levels...

Oil prices rose in Asia on Wednesday after hitting their highest in about a year in the previous session, supported by an unexpected draw in U.S. crude stockpiles and an OPEC+ estimate...

Oil prices rose around 1% on Tuesday after major producers showed they were cutting crude output in line with their commitments on restraint, supporting a market thrown out of kilter by weak...

Silver, one of the most valued commodities has surged to an eight-year high after a critical exchange on social media last week to buy the metal to push up prices. The metal...

Oil prices edged higher on Monday after a weak start, holding on to the past three months of gains, although patchy coronavirus vaccine rollouts, new infections and the discovery of new variants...

Oil prices were steady on Friday, sticking to ranges seen over the past three weeks, as investors looked for signs of changing supply and demand fundamentals. A cut in Saudi Arabia’s oil...

Oil prices slid in early trade on Thursday on fresh worries about weakened fuel demand, after England clamped down on travel and China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, also sought to limit...

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell unexpectedly last week and China, the world’s second-biggest oil user, reported its lowest daily rise in Covid-19 cases, bolstering hopes of...

Oil prices eased on Tuesday, giving up some of the previous session’s gains, as hopes for rapid approval of new U.S. economic stimulus faded while new coronavirus infections around the world mount up. Brent...

Oil prices slipped for a second straight session on Monday as renewed Covid-19 lockdowns raised fresh concerns about global fuel demand.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures dropped 53 cents, or 1%, to $52.60 a barrel at 0445 GMT, after slipping 18 cents on Thursday.

The administration is also committed to ending new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, Biden’s press secretary said, although Biden has not laid out a timeline for achieving that goal.

Saudi Arabia hence became the top supplier to China for a second year in a row, after taking the spotlight from Russia in 2019 where It significantly raised its crude sales to...

Six analysts polled by Reuters estimated, on average, that crude stocks fell by 300,000 barrels in the week to Jan. 15, but expect gasoline stockpiles rose by 3.0 million barrels. Distillate inventories,...

“The Relative Strength Indexes (RSI’s) on both contracts were in overbought territory, indicating a correction was on its way,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at OANDA.

“China, the global engine of oil demand growth, is wrestling with fresh COVID outbreaks,” it said.

A hefty COVID-19 relief package, which U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is due to unveil on Thursday, also kept losses in check.

Prices are shrugging off the latest developments in Europe and the United States where death tolls and new infections keep rising

Russia and Kazakhstan will collectively increase their output by 75,000 bpd while the rest of the group will hold output steady.

Meanwhile U.S. crude oil inventories dropped by 1.7 million barrels in the week to Jan. 1 to 491.3 million barrels, data from industry group the American Petroleum Institute showed late on Tuesday.

England went into a new lockdown on Monday as its Covid-19 cases surged following the emergence of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.

New Covid-19 cases worldwide have rise to more than 34 million, nearly 2 million more than at the end of last week, based on Reuters tallies.

Spot gold was up 0.1% to $1,957.45 per ounce by 0255 GMT. U.S. gold futures were steady at $1,966.20.

The dollar index rose 0.2% against its rivals, making gold more expensive for holders of other currencies

Geopolitical concerns will continue to support the longer-term need for gold, but possibly not at these levels.

Libya, whose ports have been blockaded since January, is trying to resume exports after the state oil firm lifted force majeure at its Es Sider oil terminal on Wednesday. However, a tanker...

The Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations 2020 provide for; incorporation of the coffee exchange; licensing of brokers; establishment and operationalization of a direct settlement system for expedited and transparent payment of coffee...

West Texas Intermediate for August delivery fell 1.9% to $37.75 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of 8:16 a.m. in Singapore. Brent for August settlement declined 1.8% to $40.28...

China, the world’s top crude importer, is also expected to slow crude imports in the third quarter, after record purchases in recent months,

Oil capped its seventh weekly gain in eight on Friday with traders Vitol Group and Trafigura Group saying global demand is recovering

OPEC warned in a monthly report the market would remain in surplus in the second half of 2020 even as demand improves, as it now expects supply from outside the group to...

The expected supply surge from Libya has been derailed after armed militants halted output at the nation’s biggest oilfield

Oil’s rally started to falter Wednesday after Moscow signaled that it wanted to scale back supply cuts pledged under the OPEC+ agreement from July