Oil prices rose more than $2 in early trade after Saudi Arabia raised prices sharply for its crude sales in July
The increase for July shipments resumes a streak of hikes that started in February and was only broken when state producer Saudi Aramco cut prices from record levels for this month
U.S. crude was heading for a sixth weekly gain on tight U.S.supply, which has prompted talk of fuel export curbs or a windfall tax on oil and gas producers
Oil prices were roughly unchanged on Friday, clinging to gains made in the previous session
Oil prices could get more support later on Thursday if analysts' forecasts are correct that US crude inventories declined by around 1.4 million barrels last week
World shares were mixed Thursday, with European benchmarks opening higher after a broad decline in Asia. Oil prices fell by more than $2 a barrel ahead of a meeting of OPEC set for later in the day. Oil-producing nations are expected to decide on output targets in their first meeting since Europe set sanctions on Russian crude. The Financial Times reported Saudi Arabia has indicated to western allies it could raise production to cover any substantial fall in Russian production. Supply bottlenecks would persist, Jeffrey Halley of Oanda said in a commentary, but it would be a rare piece of good news for the global economy and the inflation fight". France's CAC 40 gained 1.0% in early trading to 6,481.90, while Germany's DAX added 0.8% to 14,454.96. Markets were closed in Britain for the Platinum Jubilee marking Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne. The future for the S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and that for the Dow industrials gained 0.5%. In China, strict COVID-19 restrictions ..
Brent crude was down $2.07, or 1.8%, at $114.22 a barrel at 0649 GMT, having risen 0.6% the previous day.
Derivative markets pointed to a positive start later in the United States following losses on Wednesday when economic data failed to ease angst over rate hikes to fight inflation.
The benchmarks have marched higher for several weeks as Russian exports are being squeezed by EU and US sanctions
CLOSING BELL: The Nifty50 index shut shop at 16,523, down 62 points or 0.37 per cent
Oil prices rose in early Asian trade today after EU leaders agreed to a partial and phased ban on Russian oil and China ended its Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai
Ban likely to cost moscow billions of dollars every year
Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages from big consumers like the US and Brazil
Oil prices rose after EU agreed to slash oil imports from Russia by the end of 2022, fuelling worries of a tighter market already strained for supply amid rising demand
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has reconfigured the global oil market, with African suppliers stepping in to meet European demand and Moscow, stung by Western sanction
EU nations are negotiating deal on Russian oil sanctions that would embargo shipment deliveries but delay sanctions on oil delivered by pipeline to win over Hungary and other landlocked member states
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Oil prices hovered around a two-month high supported by the prospect of an EU ban on Russian oil and the coming summer driving season in the US
CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex traded in a broad range of 921 points on Thursday as it hit a high and low of 54,346 and 53,425, respectively
CLOSING BELL: The broader markets, meanwhile, bled more with the BSE SmallCap index sliding nearly 3 per cent, and the BSE MidCap index falling close to 2 per cent