The SGX Nifty is indicating a gap-up open today with the Nifty likely to open at around 10,260 levels on the back of firm global cues
OPEC+ had initially agreed in April that it would cut supply by 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) during May-June to prop up prices that collapsed due to the coronavirus crisis.
An extension to cuts was contingent on high compliance, three Opec sources told Reuters
The producers known as OPEC+ previously agreed to cut supply by 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) during May and June to prop up prices which collapsed due to the coronavirus crisis
Brent crude futures were down 8 cents, or 0.2%, at $39.91 a barrel as of 0106 GMT and US WTI crude futures fell 15 cents, or 0.4%, to $37.26 a barrel
Saudi Arabia and Russia have a deal to extend the cuts by a month, but a policy meeting on Thursday rather than later in June is unlikely
US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) gained 33 cents, or 0.9%, at $37.14, also the highest since March 6
14.2-kg LPG cylinder costlier by Rs 11.5; while ATF prices are revised once in 15 days, LPG prices change on a monthly basis
The decline extended losses from Wednesday on uncertainty about Russia's commitment to deep oil production cuts in the lead-up to a June 9 meeting of OPEC+
Crude prices have slumped in 2020, with Brent hitting a 21-year low below $16 a barrel in April as demand collapsed
Saudi Aramco, the world's most valuable listed company, will pay a dividend of $18.75 billion for the first three months of 2020.
Global energy demand has tumbled amid coronavirus-related travel and business restrictions and a glut of oil from shale. U.S. crude collapsed to minus $37 a barrel on April 20
The $3 billion exchange-traded product, known as USO, revealed on Tuesday that it had an unrealized loss of $726 million at the end of March
Traders can benefit from price volatility in the months to come
The magnitude of how damaged the energy industry is coming into full view on April 20 when the benchmark price of US oil futures plunged to a previously unthinkable minus $38 a barrel
So what has happened lately to cause such a massive drop? How bad is the global outlook? And what does all this mean for India, which is a major importer of petroleum products? Let's take a Deep Dive
Since the start of the year, Brent has fallen about 65 per cent , while WTI has dropped around 75 per cent
Oil's chaotic collapse deepened, and stocks around the world dropped on Tuesday as the economic carnage caused by the coronavirus pandemic turns markets upside down
In a first, MCX crude oil, too, expires below Rs 1,000