Oil prices jumped on Monday to their highest levels since 2008 as US, European allies considered banning Russian oil imports while it looked less likely that Iranian oil would return to global markets
Sensex falls nearly 1,500 points with financial stocks being biggest drag
Brent, WTI jump to highest since 2008; US, European allies discuss banning imports of Russian oil
ONGC is set to gain another 12 per cent in the upcoming sessions, while other oil related stocks show weakness.
Nifty Auto, Nifty Realty, Nifty Bank, Nifty Private Bank, Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Financial Services indices were down in the range of 4 per cent to 5 per cent on the NSE.
Sustained higher crude oil prices and gas realisations can result in better profitability for ONGC.
The price of jet fuel hit an all-time high last week after a fifth round of increase this year. The airline industry decided to pass on the burden to fliers with a hike of about 20% in airfares.
The price of Brent crude oil went over $130 per barrel in the early hours of Monday, surpassing the top 2012 mark of over $128.
The steep and unprecedented inflationary trend in raw material prices continued to impact the gross margins.
The Budget and RBI's last policy took a conservative estimate of crude prices $75 per barrel. This is likely to be a challenge going forward, economists say
Brent crude oil price soared past $118 a barrel on Thursday, the highest level in nine years, as escalated Russia-Ukraine conflict and tightened sanctions on Moscow by western countries
Lower supplies as well as hostilities between Russia and Ukraine pushed Brent crude oil price to nearly an 8-year high on Wednesday.
Earnings outlook for upstream PSUs has improved considerably given the recent rise in crude oil prices above $90/bbl mark and expectation of a further steep hike in domestic gas price over H1-H2FY23
Bad news for airlines as fuel accounts for 40% of expenses. On Tuesday, OMCs hiked ATF price by 8.7% to Rs 93,530.6 a kilolitre. On a year-on-year basis ATF is up by 57%
For India, the price range is a cause of concern as it may add Rs 8 to Rs 10 in petrol and diesel selling prices, if the OMCs decide to revise the current prices
Based on the existing value-added tax (VAT) structure and taking Brent crude price of $100 - $110 per barrel, SBI believes diesel and petrol prices should have been higher by Rs 9-14 each by now
A sustained rise in oil, food prices would have adverse impacts on Asia's economies. India, Thailand and the Philippines are the biggest losers, while Indonesia would be a relative gainer, Nomura said
The United States and Europe have promised the toughest sanctions on Russia in response
Key commodities such as crude oil, ammonia, urea, potash, and phosphates could move higher over the next few weeks.
Average natural gas prices in January and February highest in the last nine years