Oil Markets Respond to OPEC+ Production Signals as Prices Find Support - March 8, 2025 20:00

Brent crude prices recovered Friday, surging close to 3% after lingering around $71 a barrel since Russia hinted OPEC+ might rethink its output plans. Before the market’s rapid bullish response had been weeks of falling prices since mid-January, when concerns about oversupply and economic growth prospects first weighed on traders’ minds. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak […]

Crude Oil Prices Rally as Inventory Declines and Rate Cut Hopes Emerge - June 20, 2024 19:05

On Thursday, crude oil markets saw a notable shift as oil futures surged. This was a direct reaction to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The latter reported a massive decrease in crude inventories. Simultaneously, the current cooling in job markets could indicate the need for the Federal Reserve interest rate cut. […]

Oil Prices Surge From Lows Amid Mixed Global Signals - November 18, 2023 14:48

Oil prices experienced a more than 4% jump on Friday, a notable rebound from a four-month low seen just the day before. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, closed up by $3.19, or roughly 4.1%, at $80.61 a barrel. Similarly, West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI), a key standard for U.S. oil, rose by $2.99, […]

Some Respite for Crude Oil within Bear Trend - May 24, 2023 5:10

The price of oil was experiencing an upward trend this Tuesday, bouncing back from a weak beginning to the week. The revival was driven by robust macroeconomic indicators reported in the USA, combined with a hope on debt-ceiling discussions. Moreover, a cautionary message from the Saudi energy minister to investors has also added fuel to […]

Oil Prices Gain Some Ground Due to Iraqi / Kurdistan Stand Off - March 29, 2023 12:12

On Tuesday, crude oil prices increased slightly, continuing their significant gains from the prior day due to the risk of supply disruptions from Iraqi Kurdistan and optimism that the uncertainty in the banking sector has reduced. The arguments escalated last week, causing the Iraqi government to halt oil exports from Kurdistan to Turkey. This action […]

Oil Prices Remain High With Russian Ban Looming - May 15, 2022 11:51

Friday brought another rise in Oil prices with a gain of around 4%, as record high prices were seen in US Gasoline. Investors are still rightly concerned that supplies will tighten if the EU does indeed go ahead and ban Russian imports. This was the third consecutive weekly increase in Oil prices, and also the […]

Oil Prices Fly Whilst Stocks Say “Whatever” - September 17, 2019 12:56

As you most likely know there was a little bit of an incident in Saudi Arabia at the weekend. Something about an Oil refinery being attacked and set ablaze, and the worlds Oil supply being disrupted. There’s currently lots of finger pointing happening from all sides on who is to blame for these attacks, but […]

Opec Trying To Put Some Support Into Oil Prices - May 23, 2017 10:11

This week began in much the same fashion as they left last week with Oil prices rising. Expectation of a cut in output from OPEC, which could extend into 2018, pushed Crude Oil higher on the futures exchanges. In early trade UK on Tuesday, Brent Oil had fallen back from it’s high, but still remains […]

Commodities Taken to Woodshed In Election Bloodbath - November 7, 2012 22:11

Equities have put in one of the worst days they’ve had in months today on the news that Barack Obama survived his recall vote yesterday.  Tax rates on dividends and capital gains are likely to rise and the fiscal cliff is approaching rapidly.  The truth is that there was little substantive difference between the two […]