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Oil ends higher for a fifth straight session as traders await U.S. election results
Oil futures settled Tuesday with a fifth straight session gain as investors awaited the outcome of a contentious and close U.S. presidential election and weighed developments in the Middle East.Business - MarketWatch - November 5 -
Oil prices end higher as traders weigh potential Trump policies
Oil futures finished higher on Thursday, recouping their losses from a day earlier and then some, as traders continued to tackle uncertainty surrounding incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...Business - MarketWatch - November 7 -
Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over $112mn
Octogenarian Lim Oon Kuin handed long jail term as ‘deterrent’ in city-state’s fight against commodity trading corruptionWorld - Financial Times - 7 hours ago -
Singapore oil trader sentenced to 17 years for ‘cheating’ HSBC over $112mn
Octogenarian Lim Oon Kuin handed long jail term as ‘deterrent’ in city-state’s fight against commodity trading corruptionBusiness - Financial Times - 7 hours ago -
Oil settles higher after last week’s 8% drop as traders weigh China demand concerns
Oil prices finished higher on Monday, regaining some of last week’s 8% decline after China lowered its benchmark lending rates, part of a series of stimulus measures to revive the flagging economy ...Business - MarketWatch - October 21 -
Oil prices end with a modest loss as Trump’s win lifts the dollar
Oil futures finished lower Wednesday, but pared much of the earlier losses that pulled U.S. prices briefly below $70 a barrel, as traders weighed the potential impact of former President Donald ...Business - MarketWatch - November 6 -
Top trader Vitol eyeing metals market as global oil demand set to peak in 10 years, CEO signals
In contrast to the eventual decline of the crude industry, metals business is going to witness a "great deal of growth," CEO Russell Hardy said.Business - CNBC - November 8 -
Oil prices drop over 6% after Israeli airstrikes spare Iran’s oil facilities
Oil futures fell sharply Monday, with U.S. and global benchmark crude posting the largest one-day percentage decline in over two years after widely anticipated Israeli airstrikes against Iran did ...Business - MarketWatch - October 28 -
OPEC extends oil output cuts
The OPEC bloc of oil-producing nations announced Monday that it will extend oil production cuts through the end of 2024, spurring a 2 percent increase in the price of U.S. benchmark West Texas ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Offshore oil is back. At what cost?
Years after one of the worst spills in history, companies in search of new discoveries are drilling even deeper into the seabedBusiness - Financial Times - 12 hours ago -
Polymarket Identifies a French Trader Behind Big Trump Bets
Polymarket said that it had linked a single trader to accounts that have wagered heavily on the Republican to win, pushing up his odds on the prediction market.Business - The New York Times - October 24 -
Trump Media Stock Jumps Again as Traders Bet on Election
Shares of the Truth Social parent company continue to soar, pushing the market value of the firm above $10 billion.Business - The New York Times - October 29 -
Traders braced for volatility and volume as US election night nears
Banks plan staggered shifts and downtown hotel rooms for suburb dwellers to staff floors around tight race outcomeWorld - Financial Times - November 4 -
Some traders see opportunity in Wall Street’s election-related anxiety
Wall Street is still on edge ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. election. But some traders appear to be getting a head start on bets that a relief rally will take hold once the vote tallies are known.Business - MarketWatch - November 4 -
10-year Treasury yield ends lower after strong auction as investors await election results
Long-dated Treasury yields erased their rise to end lower Tuesday following an auction of 10-year notes that met solid demand as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.Business - MarketWatch - November 5 -
Bitcoin surges 10% to a record above $76,000 as Trump victory heralds wider crypto adoption and weaker regulation
Crypto assets rose as investors bet that a second Trump administration will widen fiscal deficits and boost bitcoin as a hedge against higher inflation.Business - CNBC - November 6 -
Dogecoin and other memecoins surge as Trump wins presidential election
Dogecoin surged more than 30% at one point after bitcoin rallied to a new all-time high.Business - CNBC - November 6 -
Bank stocks jump almost 12% as traders bet on less regulation in a Trump presidency
A handful of well-known bank names jumped as traders ready for a second Trump term.Business - CNBC - November 6 -
Traders see good chance the Fed cuts again in December then skips in January
Fed funds futures contracts pointed to a roughly 75% probability that the U.S. central bank would cut rates again in December.Business - CNBC - November 7 -
Treasury volatility gauge plunges as bond traders navigate election, the Fed
Yields on U.S. government debt finished mixed on Friday amid lower volatility as traders absorbed the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and the Federal Reserve’s 25-basis-point ...Business - MarketWatch - November 8 -
Fate of postelection stock-market rally may be in the hands of bond traders
Stock investors absorbed a sharp midweek, postelection spike in Treasury yields and sent equities to record highs on Friday. Now the question is whether they can endure a further climb in ...Business - MarketWatch - November 10 -
Belfast traders 'not worried' about traffic as Christmas market opens
There have been concerns congestion in Belfast might deter shoppers and visitors in the run up to Christmas.Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday -
Oil prices end lower on progress toward Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks
Oil futures finished lower on Thursday, after comments from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggesting progress toward Israel-Hamas cease-fire negotiations eased the risk of disruptions to ...Business - MarketWatch - October 24 -
Money from oil execs flows to Trump
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Oil and gas tycoons open wallets for Trump The executives made significant contributions supporting former President Trump's ...Politics - The Hill - October 31 -
Exxon and Chevron Feel Brunt of Cheaper Oil
The oil giants posted lower third-quarter profits as energy prices sank and fuel-making margins narrowed.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 1 -
With Oil Prices Weak, OPEC Plus Postpones Increases Again
Saudi Arabia, which leads the group, appears wary of unsettling markets just before the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday.Business - The New York Times - November 4 -
Opec+ members delay planned rise in oil production
Cartel to leave output curbs in place an extra month in effort to boost anaemic crude pricesBusiness - Financial Times - November 3 -
Oil Jumps as OPEC+ Further Delays Output Hike
Oil prices rose after OPEC and its allies pushed back a planned production increase by a month, signaling caution amid growing concerns about weaker global demand and lower prices.World - The Wall Street Journal - November 4 -
Saudi Aramco Profit Falls on Oil-Price Weakness
The oil company said lower oil prices and refining margins pushed down profit, adding it plans to pay dividends of $31.05 billion.Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 5 -
Explosion at Turkish oil refinery injures 12
An explosion at an oil refinery in northwestern Turkey has slightly injured 12 employees and a fire at the facility has been brought under controlWorld - ABC News - November 5