LONDON: Threats to supply in Iran and Kazakhstan and stronger economic data lifted oil by nearly $2 on Tuesday, outweighing rumbling concerns on the euro zone debt crisis.
Brent crude was $1.70 higher at $105.34 a barrel by 1307 GMT, after (...)
LONDON: Oil jumped on Wednesday after a coordinated move by central banks to address pressures in global money markets.
Brent crude was up 75 cents to $1 to $111.57 by 1417 GMT. It earlier reached the day's high of $112.03. U.S. crude gained (...)
LONDON: Global oil demand may be more robust than expected, even with a slowdown in economic growth in the United States and Europe, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.
Fatih Birol told Reuters on the (...)
LONDON: Brent crude rose on Wednesday as proposals from the European Commission to issue joint bonds reassured investors hoping for a resolution to the euro zone debt crisis.
The move was muted, however, as uncertainty remained on the outlook for (...)
LONDON: Brent crude held steady on Tuesday, supported by better than expected manufacturing data in Germany and China and by uncertainty in Libya where government loyalists staged a fight back.
At 1103 GMT, Brent crude was up 18 cents to $108.54 (...)
LONDON: Brent crude fell over $1 on Wednesday as China raised interest rates and Moody's cut Portugal's credit rating to "junk" status, fuelling fears about the sustainability of global economic recovery.
ICE Brent crude fell $1.02 to $112.59 a (...)
LONDON: Oil fell on Wednesday, with investors cautious ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting, and on lingering anxiety over the state of the euro zone, while gains in the dollar also weighed.
Brent crude for August fell 29 cents to $110.66 a (...)
LONDON/NEW YORK: Oil fell by as much as $1 on Wednesday, as negative economic data clouded the demand outlook, although losses were contained by dollar weakness, US supply disruption and violence in the Middle East.
Oil had already been hit after (...)
LONDON: Oil rose more than $1 per barrel on Tuesday after Goldman Sachs raised its forecasts for North Sea Brent crude, citing strong fuel demand growth.
The US investment bank raised its year-end forecast for Brent to $120 per barrel from $105 (...)