Asian stocks subdued, oil near five-month low on U.S. inventory build
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks stuttered on Thursday, dogged by the uncertainty over an intractable U.S.-China trade dispute, while oil…
Equities rally dissipates as trade optimism fades, yield curve flattens
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street’s indexes ended Tuesday’s session virtually unchanged after investors turned their focus to U.S.-China trade…
Nasdaq confirms correction, bond yields fall further
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq confirmed it was in a correction on Monday as stocks extended their recent sell-off,…
Total takes on Toshiba’s U.S. LNG business after Chinese buyer pulls out
PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) – Total will take over Toshiba’s U.S. liquefied natural gas business and get $800 million cash from the…
Exxon shareholders reject resolutions on climate and separating CEO: chairman
DALLAS (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal to split the chief executive officer and board…
Oil plummets, on track for biggest weekly drop in 2019
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices plunged on Thursday, losing about 5% as trade tensions dampened the demand outlook, putting…
Global shares slide on fear trade spat is now a tech cold war
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World shares skidded further on Thursday and oil prices slid more than 5% as investors worried…
Oil extends gains into fourth straight day on Middle East tensions
FILE PHOTO: A view shows a well head and a drilling rig in the Yarakta Oil Field, owned by Irkutsk…
Oil prices jump nearly 2% on drone attack on Saudi Aramco facilities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Tuesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia said explosive-laden drones launched…
From Paris to Omaha: How Occidental CEO out-maneuvered Chevron in Anadarko bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Occidental Petroleum chief executive Vicki Hollub was caught off guard when U.S. oil giant Chevron swooped…
Anadarko backs Occidental’s revised bid, pressuring Chevron to respond
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Anadarko Petroleum Corp’s board on Monday backed a $38 billion bid from Occidental Petroleum Corp, adding pressure…
Stocks slip, dollar drifts after Fed cools rate cut bets
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar nursed overnight gains while Europe’s share markets struggled early on, after the U.S. central bank…
U.S. to end all waivers Iran oil imports, crude price jumps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday said it will eliminate in May all waivers granted to eight economies…
Iran says ready for U.S. waivers end, as Guards threaten to shut Hormuz
FILE PHOTO: A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian…
Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States was set…
Venezuela congress to weigh 2020 PDVSA bond payment next week
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly expects to vote on making a $71 million bond interest payment when it…
Exclusive: Spain’s Repsol suspended swap deal for Venezuelan oil under U.S. pressure
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA,…
Oil rally stalls on talk of OPEC+ boosting output
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices halted their rally on Monday, with both benchmarks down nearly 1 percent, after Russia’s…
Bank results curb Wall Street, oil falls as Russia mulls production boost
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Underwhelming quarterly results from U.S. banks limited gains in world stocks on Monday, and oil prices…
Asia stocks hover below nine month peak after Wall Street stalls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks hovered below a nine-month peak on Tuesday after disappointing bank earnings dented Wall Street, though…
Oil prices fall on surging U.S. crude supply, economic slowdown
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday, pressured as U.S. crude stockpiles surged to their highest levels in almost…
Asian shares pause near eight-month high, dollar weakens
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks held near eight-month highs on Thursday and the dollar slipped again on expectations global interest…
Oil prices dip on surging U.S. crude stockpiles
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday after U.S. crude stockpiles surged to their highest levels in almost 17…
Oil gains up to 2% to five-month high as Libyan output threatened
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose up to 2 percent on Monday, hitting five-month highs on expectations that global…
Stocks edge higher as crude oil gains
NEW YORK – A gauge of global equities edged higher on Monday as another drop in Boeing shares and concerns…
Demand for Aramco’s bond ‘north of’ $30 billion, says Saudi energy minister
FILE PHOTO: An Aramco employee walks near an oil tank at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal…
Asia shares sit on weekly gains, await U.S. jobs test
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets consolidated weekly gains on Friday as Sino-U.S. talks dragged on with no concrete conclusions,…
Oil prices edge lower after U.S. inventories build
FILE PHOTO: An offshore oil rig is seen in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File…
Oil rises to 2019 highs as demand outlook improves
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil climbed about 2 percent to new 2019 highs on Monday, with Brent crude touching $69…
Exclusive: Trump eyeing stepped-up Venezuela sanctions for foreign companies – Bolton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering imposing sanctions on companies from other countries that do business with…
Wall Street powers world stocks; dollar up on Brexit woes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street led global stocks higher on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data, while…
Oil up as OPEC-led supply cuts support, Cushing draws down
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up on Monday, supported by the prospect of prolonged OPEC-led oil supply curbs…
Oil edges higher on cuts to Saudi exports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, supported by signs of tightening global supply after a Saudi…
Oil prices rise amid broad market rally, OPEC supply cuts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday, lifted by healthy demand and output cuts led by producer group OPEC.…
Pound jumps, Asian shares rise after changes to Brexit deal
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The pound jumped on Tuesday and Asian shares rose after the European Commission agreed to changes in…
Exclusive: Saudi’s Falih – U.S., China driving oil demand; no April OPEC policy change
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday that China and the U.S. would lead healthy…
Asia shares sluggish as global growth concerns return; ECB meeting eyed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares eased on Thursday, with caution prevailing as investors awaited some kind of resolution to Sino-U.S.…
U.S. shares falter, investors await U.S.-China trade deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes closed lower while the dollar edged higher on Monday, as investors appeared to…
Oil prices dip as U.S. crude output hits record 12 million barrels per day
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday after the United States reported its crude output hit a record 12…
Oil near 2019 highs amid OPEC supply cuts, but rising U.S. output weighs
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices hovered near 2019 highs on Wednesday, supported by OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions on…
Venezuela turns to India as sanctions cut oil flow to U.S., Europe
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil exports have tapered off and shifted toward India since new U.S. sanctions began Jan.…
Oil prices rise 1 percent amid OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions on Venezuela
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose by around 1 percent on Wednesday as producer club OPEC said it had deeply…
Venezuela pressures foreign partners on oil venture commitments: sources
(Reuters) – Foreign partners of Venezuela’s PDVSA are facing pressure from the state-run oil firm to publicly declare whether they…
Oil rises on OPEC cuts, U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday amid OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela, although…
Asian stocks subdued, focus on new round of Sino-U.S. talks
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares barely budged on Tuesday with investors looking to a new round of Sino-U.S. trade talks…
Chevron ties executive pay to methane and flaring reduction targets
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chevron Corp plans to set greenhouse gas emissions targets and tie executive compensation and rank-and-file bonuses to…
U.S. dollar, yields firm; oil comes off two-month highs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar gained for a third straight session against a basket of currencies and U.S.…
World stocks post best January on record, yields fall
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets mostly rose on Thursday, fueled by upbeat Facebook earnings and the Federal Reserve’s…
Oil tumbles 4 percent on growing U.S. supply, China trade worries
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil fell more than 3 percent on Monday, heading for its biggest one-day percentage drop in…
Sterling up after May wins confidence vote; stocks climb
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major world stock indexes rose on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 supported by sharply higher U.S.…
Asia shares recover as China stocks rise after weak data
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares edged up on Thursday as stimulus expectations and a rise in the yuan helped Chinese…
Trade optimism lifts stocks, but 2018 ends in red
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities around the world rose on Monday as possible progress in resolving the trade dispute between…
U.S. oil edges up after tumbling to lowest since June 2017 on economy fears
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices were mixed on Wednesday as the U.S. benchmark rebounded from steep losses in the previous…
French court fines oil group Total in Iran bribery case
PARIS (Reuters) – A Paris court fined French oil and gas group Total (TOTF.PA) 500,000 euros ($570,000) on Friday for…
Global stock indices edge lower as U.S. government shutdown looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock markets continued a week-long sell-off on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government…
Global stocks drop, where is ‘Santa Claus rally’?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Broad stock declines in Europe and the United States dragged world equity markets lower on Monday,…
Asian shares perk up ahead of key policy events in China, U.S.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian share markets ticked up on Monday as investors cautiously looked to whether key policy events in…