Oil prices plunged for a fifth day in a row on Thursday, posting their biggest-one day declines since last summer on growing worries about rising Covid cases in Europe and the strengthening US dollar
Several European countries have paused the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine due to worries over possible side effects
At present, an important reason for the large leeway around the inflation target lies in the behaviour of the prices of oil and food, which can push prices more generally
Brent crude oil futures for May rose 79 cents
State-owned company will hand over 49 oil fields to private players and is discussing listing its foreign subsidiary, says Shashi Shanker.
Roll-back will increase fiscal risks
U.S. West Texas Intermediate was down 49 cents or 0.8% at $62.73, after also hitting a 13-month high of $63.79
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil climbed more than 1% on Wednesday as frigid Texas temperatures curtailed production in the largest U.S. crude producing state, with the unusual cold weather expected to hamper output for days or even weeks.
Improving urban demand, revival in construction activity paint a rosy picture, but high valuations and rising input costs are concerns
Brent futures fell 33 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $61.14 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 44 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $58.24.
Brent Crude has surged more than 60 per cent since November, crossing $61 a barrel for the first time in 13 months
The front-month VLSFO margin was at $15 per barrel above Dubai crude on Tuesday, its highest since Feb. 20 and up from $11.75 a barrel at the start of the year, according to Refinitiv data in Eikon
Recent increases in crude prices and the rapid drawing down of visible stockpiles will undoubtedly lead to calls for a more rapid raising of production targets than was envisaged in December
Brent was up 68 cents, or 1.2%, at $60.02 a barrel by 1442 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate rose 68 cents, or 1.2%, to $57.53 a barrel
Oil prices eased for a second day as mounting coronavirus cases globally raised demand concerns, although a drawdown in US crude stocks for a fifth straight week capped losses
On an annual basis, demand slipped by 1.8%, indicating that consumption in Asia's third-largest economy hasn't yet reached pre-pandemic levels
Futures in New York rose 0.2 per cent, but gave up some earlier gains after failing to rise above the lows set in June 2019, a level seen as providing technical resistance
Oil prices rose on Wednesday to highest since February 2020 after Saudi Arabia agreed to reduce output more than expected in a meeting with allied producers
Oil prices edged down before deadlocked talks between major producers about potential changes in February output are set to continue later in the day
Oil prices were little changed after OPEC and allied producers, including Russia, continued deadlocked talks on February output while fuel demand concerns lingered on amid new Covid-19 lockdowns