Oil prices steady at 2-month highs, set for weekly gains

Investing.com — Oil prices steadied Friday, remaining close to two-month highs as optimism over increased summer demand and speculation over supply disruptions offered support. At 08:00 ET (12:00 GMT), Brent…

ADNOC’s Ruwais LNG to earmark 40% stake to Shell, Total, BP, Mitsui, sources say

By Ron Bousso, Marwa Rashad and Emily Chow LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has earmarked a 40% stake in its Ruwais liquefied natural gas (LNG) project…

Citi revisits its oil prices forecast for 2024

Citi analysts say geopolitical tensions and extreme weather events remain risks for oil prices in the near term. They point to conflicts in the Middle East and Hurricane Beryl as…

Morning Bid: Labor in focus – US jobs, new UK government

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan While U.S. markets return from the Independence day holiday to assess significant cooling of the labor…

China reveals next steps in EU brandy probe as EV tariffs take effect

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China announced the next step in its anti-dumping investigation into European brandy imports on Friday, ramping up tensions on the same day the European Commission’s…

Dollar slips ahead of payrolls; sterling gains post election

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar retreated in early European trade Friday ahead of the key monthly jobs report, while sterling edged higher after the result of the U.K general election.…

UK election-winner Starmer inherits weak economy with ‘no magic wand’

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s next prime minister Keir Starmer spent the election campaign accusing Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives of “14 years of economic failure”, but he has no…

Ukraine navy chief says Russia is losing Crimean hub in Black Sea

By Tom Balmforth ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Russian navy’s Black Sea Fleet has been forced to rebase nearly all its combat-ready warships from occupied Crimea to other locations, and…

Analysis-China, struggling to make use of a boom in energy storage, calls for even more

By Colleen Howe BEIJING – Rows of what look like thin, white shipping containers are lined up on a barren dirt field in China’s Shandong province. Filled with batteries, they…

Gold prices advance as dollar sinks ahead of payrolls data

Investing.com– Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Friday, extending recent gains as the dollar retreated before key nonfarm payrolls data that is expected to provide more cues on interest…