Posts Tagged ‘Brent’
Gold and Oil News - February 28, 2013 3:03
Brent Stabilizes But Remains Vulnerable
Brent Crude futures tested $112 per barrel today and is currently attempting to stabilize in that region after a hasty retreat away from $118 per barrel.  Equity markets recovered their bullish posture while the WTI to Brent ratio has contracted back under $19 per barrel.  Brent and the precious metals were outliers today as the […]
E.C.B. Holds Rates, Sends Gold, Commodities Higher
The E.C.B.’s latest policy meeting ended with the central bank not bowing to pressure from choking banks to lower interest rates and held the benchmark lending rate at 0.75% for the time being. This lifted the cloud that had been hanging over the Euro for the past few weeks while capital in the major U.S. […]
NFP Beat Stuffs Gold But Ends Higher on the Week
The final Non-Farm-Payroll report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics led with a headline drop of 0.3% in the U-3 Unemployment Rate in September, allowing President Obama the opportunity to crow about how many McJobs he created in his 4 year term and that’s why we should give him another 4 years to finish […]
Oil Prices Crack Below $90, Spread Widens
West Texas Intermediate crude prices fell back below $90 per barrel today as uncertainty over the situation in Spain continues to overhang the post-QEternity markets. Brent Crude held onto $108 per barrel putting the spread between them at $20, the most this year, which suggests the low WTI prices are more of an American phenomenon […]
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