Ben Bernake, Federal Reserve Chairman, stated that the U.S. economy is facing “significant” risks to growth, while the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lowered its forecast for world oil-demand growth for 2008 and 2009. in apart chances John Kilduff, an analyst at futures brokerage MF Global, said “Signs of economic contraction and financial-market malaise are [...]
Oil prices finished about where they began, after jumping more than $2 earlier on reports of lower U.S. oil stockpiles and an Iranian missile test.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose a penny to settle at $136.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, but prices shifted between positive and negative territory as traders [...]
Oil prices jumped past $145 a barrel for the first time, as traders added to their bets on the commodity ahead of the long holiday weekend.
There was little good news for Americans hitting the road for the July Fourth holiday, as gas prices set their own record near $4.10 a gallon.
Light, sweet crude for August [...]
Oil prices surged past $143 a barrel for the first time and then fell back as a rising dollar prompted some investors to sell.
Crude gave back its gains after the Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index of Midwest Manufacturing beat estimates and the dollar strengthened against the euro.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery fell 21 cents to [...]
Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling greenback, a major factor in crude’s stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil’s appeal.
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight, but are likely to resume their own trek into [...]
Oil futures ended the day higher after spending much of the session going back and forth as traders awaited significant news to help the market break out of a trading range that has lasted for more than two weeks.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose 26 cents to settle at $137 a barrel on the [...]
Oil prices rose after Saudi Arabia’s modest production increase failed to push traders to sell.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $1.38 to settle at $136.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Retail gas prices inched lower overnight but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices remain stuck in their recent [...]
The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that natural gas inventories in the lower 48 states rose by 57 billion cubic feet to over 1.94 trillion cubic feet for the week ending June 13.
The inventory level was slightly below the five-year average of about 2 trillion cubic feet and well below [...]
Oil prices settled higher, rebounding from earlier losses on reports that Nigerian oil workers are about to strike, and investors focused on a surprise decline in gasoline inventories last week.
Retail gas prices slipped slightly for a second day, a sign that falling demand may be affecting prices and that prices at the pump may have [...]
Oil prices settled lower for the third straight day as investors weighed expectations of higher output against the market’s ability to quench soaring global demand.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery fell 60 cents to settle at $134.01 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline hovered at [...]
