FTSE rebounds as oil price rise boosts energy companies – London Report December 2, 2014 BRITAIN’S main equity index rebounded from a two-week low yesterday, led by energy shares, as oil prices rose from five-year lows. Energy stocks helped the FTSE 100 index to close 1.3 per cent higher at 6,742.10 points. It had fallen one per cent in the previous session to a two-week low, its steepest one-day drop [...]
Rouble sees steepest crash since 1998 after early oil price drop December 1, 2014 THE RUSSIAN rouble yesterday suffered its sharpest fall since the nation’s 1998 financial crisis. The currency dived by 7.6 per cent against the dollar early in the day before staging a recovery. The rouble began the day worth $0.02015 but had dropped to $0.01861 by 11:40am. Late last night the rouble was worth $0.01955. The movements [...]
New oil lows put bonds at risk as Opec keeps pumping November 27, 2014 OIL PRICES dived last night after Saudi Arabia stopped cartel Opec from cutting production. Traditionally, the Organisation of Petrol Exporting Countries cuts production to shore up prices, but Middle Eastern countries are reacting to other factors, such as a rise in US oil output, which is more expensive to pump than Saudi oil Brent crude prices fell 6.6 [...]
Opec’s decision not to cut production pulls down oil firms – London Report November 27, 2014 THE FTSE closed mixed yesterday, with oil-sensitive blue chips heavy fallers after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said it would take no action to ease a global supply gut of oil. Their losses were almost offset by gains elsewhere. The FTSE 100 closed down 5.75 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 6723.42. FTSE [...]
Shell, BP and Petrofac shares close down as Opec decides not to cut oil production November 27, 2014 FTSE 100 oil producers plummeted this afternoon as the Opec group of oil-producing companies, who met today in Vienna, announced its decision not to curb oil production, despite falling prices. Tullow Oil and BG Group were among the biggest fallers, closing down 7.76 per cent and 6.15 per cent respectively, while Petrofac closed down 5.95 per [...]
Has Opec just reached consensus on oil production? November 27, 2014 Is there a whiff of consensus from Opec over oil prices? The markets seem to think so, with oil prices dropping on either side of the Atlantic. This could be because the consensus means that Opec will be siding with a group of countries – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar – not wanting to [...]
Oil prices just fell to their lowest in four years November 27, 2014 The fall in oil prices continues apace. The price of both West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent oil fell to $72.78 and $76 per barrel respectively this morning – both four-year lows – as traders nervously awaited the outcome of a meeting of the Opec group of oil-producing countries in Vienna today. The 12-member group [...]
Saudis refuse to commit to Opec production curb as falling oil price fears continue November 26, 2014 Fears about falling oil prices continued yesterday as the Saudi Arabian oil minister revealed that Gulf countries in the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) would not move to curb production at its meeting in Vienna today. Saudi’s Ali al-Naimi said the Gulf Co-operation Council, which included Opec members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and [...]
Opec cuts: No line in the sand for oil – CNBC Comment November 24, 2014 Not that I’m trying to do myself out of a job, but I’m a tad amazed by the furore building up about this Thursday’s Opec meeting in Vienna. I haven’t been to all the previous 165 gatherings, but I’ve been to most of the last 25 or so, and all of a sudden it’s become [...]
Plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions have cost Russia $140bn, its finance minister says November 24, 2014 Plummeting oil prices and Western sanctions have caused as much as $140bn to flood out of Russia this year, finance minister Anton Siluanov said today. While sanctions against its businesses are hurting the country's economy, falling oil prices are having the biggest impact. Oil and gas makes up the majority of Russian exports – 68 [...]