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
Asian stock markets rebound as dollar extends rally
The optimism helped bargain buying Thursday, with Tokyo ending the morning session more than one per cent higher, Hong Kong adding 0.5 per cent and Shanghai rallying 1.3 per cent
Brent oil gains $1 to claw back some losses
Brent crude rose $1.31, or 1.8 percent, to $74.71 by 0242 GMT after slumping 6.9 percent on Wednesday
Gold prices decline, as dollar gains against yuan in escalating trade war
A firmer greenback makes bullion expensive for holders of other currencies as the commodity is priced in dollars
Asian stock markets rattled as U.S. ups ante in trade conflict
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 1.5 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.8 percent
Brent crude drops more than $1 after U.S. softens stance on Iranian sanction waivers
Washington will consider requests from some countries to be exempted from sanctions it will put into effect in November to prevent Iran from exporting oil, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday
Asia shares rise for a third day, pound bewildered by politics
Japan’s Nikkei climbed about 1 percent and South Korea 0.5 percent, while E-mini futures for the S&P 500 firmed 0.2 percent
Oil prices climb over escalating worries of supply shortages
Brent crude had added 32 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $78.39 per barrel by around 0303 GMT, following a 1.2-percent climb on Monday
BP in lead to acquire BHP’s U.S. onshore shale assets: sources
The acreage for sale includes holdings that BHP acquired in its $12-billion takeover of Petrohawk Energy in 2011, which have declined rapidly in value as the price of natural gas has fallen from $4.50 at the time of the deal to a low of $1.60 last year