Oil prices dip after three days of gains
Brent futures were down 5 cents at $74.49 a barrel by 0319 GMT, after gaining 0.8 percent on Thursday. They are heading for a near 2 percent gain this week, the first weekly increase in four
Gold steady as dollar eases after U.S.-EU trade talks
Spot gold was little changed at $1,231.12 an ounce, as of 0412 GMT. Earlier in the session, the yellow metal hit $1,235.16, its highest in more than a week
Shell launches $25 billion buyback plan, second-quarter profits miss
The share repurchase programme promised following the $54 acquisition of BG Group in 2016, is the clearest signal yet that the world’s second-largest oil company has recovered from a bruising three-year downturn in the energy sector
Oil rises after Saudi Arabia suspends shipments through Red Sea lane following attack
Brent crude futures had risen 66 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $74.59 a barrel by 0019 GMT, after gaining 0.7 percent on Wednesday
Oil prices rise for second day, buoyed by fall in U.S. inventories
Brent crude LCOc1 was up 29 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $73.73 a barrel by 0035 GMT. The global benchmark settled 38 cents higher at $73.44 a barrel on Tuesday, after climbing as high as $74
Asian stocks advance, backed by strong US corporate earnings
Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.6 percent to 22,534.03 and South Korea’s Kospi added 0.4 percent to 2,278.23
Oil prices drop on worries about oversupply
Brent crude oil was down 19 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $72.87 a barrel by 0345 GMT, after settling down 1 cent on Monday. U.S. crude was down 21 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $67.68 a barrel
LNG prices slide as demand retreats in Japan, China, South Korea
LNG spot prices for September delivery in Asia were assessed at $9.50 per million British thermal units (Btu), down 50 cents from the previous week
Oil prices rise; still set for third weekly drop on oversupply
Brent oil rose 7 cents to $72.65 a barrel by 0354 GMT, after rising to $73.04 earlier in the day.
Asian shares fall on soft China data, trade war fears
After briefly moving higher on early gains in China’s share markets, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3 percent
Oil prices decline on potential supply hikes; Trump-Putin eyed
Supply outages in Libya and strike action in Norway and Iraq pushed oil prices higher late last week, although prices still ended down for a second straight week
Asian stock markets mostly higher; Japan’s Nikkei up on weak yen
Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.3 percent to 22,483.13 and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.8 percent to 2,302.32.
US pitches Europe its gas as alternative to Russia’s
According to the US Energy Information Administration, US exports of LNG soared from 0.5 billion cubic feet per day in 2016 to 1.94 billion cubic feet per day last year
Oil edges lower, set for big weekly decline
Brent crude eased 36 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $74.09 by 0326 GMT. On Thursday it gained $1.05 a barrel, rebounding from a session low of $72.67. It is heading for a weekly fall of nearly 4 percent
US soon to leapfrog Saudis, Russia as top oil producer
The United States led the world in oil production for much of the 20th century, but the Soviet Union surpassed America in 1974, and Saudi Arabia did the same in 1976, according to Energy Department figures