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Oil prices recoup early losses on China hopes, global supply fears
TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday, recovering from early losses, on hopes that planned easing of restrictions in Shanghai could improve fuel demand while lingering concerns over tight global supplies outweighed fears of slower economic growth.
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Oil prices rise on China demand recovery expectations, supply concerns
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations that easing COVID-19 restrictions in China will boost demand and as supply concerns grew.
Oil prices under pressure amid recession fears dogging financial markets
, LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Thursday in a volatile week as recession fears dogged global financial markets, outweighing supply concerns and geopolitical tensions in Europe.
US oil dips below $100 pressured by economic worries, strong dollar
Wall Street's main indexes also turned lower in volatile trading on concerns over aggressive monetary tightening and slowing economic growth.
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Wall Street set to open higher, oil prices extend losses for second day
European stock indexes rose on Tuesday as risk appetite showed some signs of picking up again after Monday's sharp falls, but fears over economic growth still weighed on markets
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Oil prices dive as US considers record reserve release of 180 mn barrels
Brent crude futures for May fell $4.87, or 4.3%, to $108.58 a barrel by 0855 GMT
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Biden admin weighs largest ever draw from emergency oil reserve: Report
The Biden administration is considering releasing up to 180 million barrels of oil over several months from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), reports Reuters
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Ukraine crisis: Oil shock is coming, but US may have already paid for it
The war in Ukraine is a shock, they note, but one the United States may have unintentionally insured itself against.
Oil prices fall 0.4% on fresh hope of diplomacy over Ukraine crisis
Brent crude slipped to $93.14 a barrel at 0730 GMT, down 40 cents or 0.4%, after earlier touching $95
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Oil prices drop on potential for US-Iran talks to add crude supplies
Investors are closely watching the outcome of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks which resumed this week. A deal could lift U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil and ease global supply tightness
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World stocks gain ahead of Fed meet, oil watches Russia-Ukraine
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was unchanged, after sharp losses earlier in the week
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Oil prices rise as fuel demand surges in top consumer United States
Oil prices rose as US implied consumer petroleum demand surged to a record high in the world's top oil consumer
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US sells 18 mn barrels of oil from strategic reserve to reduce prices
The Energy Department announced the first sale of 18 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) aimed at reducing pump prices of fuel that had hit seven-year highs
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US energy chief says oil reserve is a tool to meet short-term supply crunch
The US emergency oil reserve is a tool available to Washington to address unusual short-term mismatches between oil supply and demand, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said
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Equities, oil prices, US Treasury yields all drop on Covid variant fears
Shares tumbled on Wall Street on Friday as they reopened after Thanksgiving, while European stocks saw their biggest sell-off in 17 months
House Democrats urge Biden to release oil reserves, put a ban on exports
Democrats in the House of Representatives urged President Joe Biden to release crude oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
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US set to unveil oil release from emergency stockpile to lower prices
The United States is expected to announce a loan of crude oil from its emergency stockpile on Tuesday
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Oil prices stabilise after swings on prospect of crude stockpiles release
Brent crude was up 28 cents or 0.3% at $81.52 a barrel by 0145 GMT, after falling to a six-week low on Thursday before rebounding to close 1.2% higher.
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Oil hovers above six-week low as China readies crude reserve release
Washington's bid to cool markets, asking China to join a coordinated action for the first time, comes as high gasoline prices and other inflationary pressures have sparked a political backlash.
Oil edges up on rising demand forecasts, ahead of US price outlook
The rally came ahead of the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) release of oil and gasoline price predictions
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