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

Cotton research station to be set up at Rajanpur

Secretary Agriculture Punjab Wasif Khursheed said Friday that a cotton research station would soon be established in Rajanpur district to improve cotton crop quality and increase per acre production.

Asia’s oil refiners rush to deal with U.S.-China trade war, looming Iran sanctions

As part of a wave of retaliation for Friday’s U.S. tariffs, China has threatened a 25 percent duty on imports of U.S. crude. Meanwhile, Washington’s new sanctions against Tehran are due to kick in from November

Asian stocks wobble as Sino-U.S. trade war begins

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.1 percent lower, pulling back from a modest early rise. The index has lost near 9 percent since June 7