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China’s imports of Russian oil jumped 55% last May, displacing Saudi Arabia from the first place among crude suppliers to Beijing, 19 months after Riyadh topped the list. China’s General Customs Administration data indicated today, Monday, June 20, that Russian oil imports are transported through East Siberian and Pacific pipelines, the Guardian reported. The newspaper […]
Early Friday, the US dollar was stronger against its major trading partners ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the release of May industrial production data, and the start of a three-day weekend. Powell is scheduled to speak at 8:45 a.m. ET at a Fed conference on the role of the US […]
Oil prices rose today, Friday, June 17, 2022, with continued supply tightening and new US sanctions to limit Iranian oil exports. Crude prices had started trading lower, with concerns about demand emerging in the wake of US interest rate increases. Oil Prices Today The price of the futures contracts for the benchmark Brent crude – […]
Spot market prices for LNG tankers this week set annual records, with more long-term leases; This limited the supply of ships to the spot market. This was caused by increased demand for LNG and buyers’ shunning of Russian cargo and ships, following its invasion of Ukraine, according to Putin & Partners, a ship brokerage and […]
Oil prices are falling in volatile trading.. Brent crude is above $120 Oil prices fell, in volatile trading today, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, amid fears that the economic recession and new closures of the Corona virus in China will affect oil demand. Crude prices had started trading on a rise today, before an expected big […]
Gold prices fell today, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in volatile trading, after the session started on the rise, recovering from its lowest level in 4 weeks. This comes with a pause in the rise of the dollar and US Treasury bond yields, and with increasing bets on monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve, during […]
The US dollar strengthens early Monday; retail sales and the FOMC’s focus of the week on Wednesday The US dollar rose against its major trading partners early Monday, as markets prepared for a busy week that included the release of May retail sales Wednesday morning and the Federal Open Market Committee announcement Wednesday afternoon. The […]
Fighting climate change in Pakistan has become an urgent issue as the country grapples with the fallout from the fuel and electricity crises that plunged the country into darkness last week. The Minister of Finance, Miftah Ismail, announced the allocation of part of the country’s budget for the next fiscal year (2022-2023) to combat climate […]
Gold prices fell, during trading today, Friday, June 10, 2022, and are heading to record a slight weekly decline with the rise in US Treasury bond yields. This comes as investors await key monthly inflation data in the US, for clues about the future of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Gold Prices Today The price […]
Moscow continues to make solid gains from selling Russian fossil fuels to the European Union, despite sanctions and lower imports. The European Union’s imports of Russian energy have reached 60 billion euros ($64.4 billion) since Russia launched its war on Ukraine last February, according to a new tracking tool developed by the Europe Beyond Coal […]
