Dow jumps 700 points, gold hits record, HSBC new CEO

Dow jumps 700 points, gold hits record, HSBC new CEO

Traders walk the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 14, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter … Read more

Dow soars 700 points to record close

Dow soars 700 points to record close

Traders work on the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like … Read more

WTI rises for third day as inflation eases

WTI rises for third day as inflation eases

An offshore oil rig platform is photographed in Huntington Beach, California, U.S. July 4, 2024.  Etienne Laurent | Reuters U.S. crude oil rose 1 % on Friday, topping $83 per barrel as consumer prices eased and inventories fall. The recent oil rally has stalled out with West Texas Intermediate largely flat this week, ahead 0.38%, … Read more

WTI rises as inflation eases

WTI rises as inflation eases

An oil pumpjack is shown in a field in Stanton, Texas, on June 27, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Crude oil futures rose Thursday as inflation eased, bolstering hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this year. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index dropped 0.1% … Read more

WTI holds as OPEC sees robust growth

WTI holds as OPEC sees robust growth

An oil pump jack is shown in a field on June 27, 2024 in Stanton, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oil prices held firm Wednesday as OPEC sees solid demand supported by stronger economic growth this year. OPEC maintained its oil demand growth forecast of 2.2 million barrels per day … Read more

WTI lower as oil infrastructure recovers from Beryl

WTI lower as oil infrastructure recovers from Beryl

Oil prices fell for the third straight session on Tuesday, as Gulf Coast production and refining infrastructure appears to have avoided substantial damage from Tropical Storm Beryl. On Monday, Beryl made landfall in Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane but later weakened into a tropical storm. Beryl has moved inland as a tropical depression … Read more

BP expects up to $2 billion impairment in 2Q on weak refining margins

BP expects up to  billion impairment in 2Q on weak refining margins

BP in 2020 set out its ambition to become a net zero company “by 2050 or sooner.” Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP shares dropped on Tuesday after the firm flagged it expects to post an impairment of up to $2 billion in the second quarter and warned of lower refining … Read more

WTI falls as market tracks Hurricane Beryl

WTI falls as market tracks Hurricane Beryl

U.S. crude oil futures fell nearly 1% Monday as traders monitored the impact of Hurricane Beryl on Gulf Coast refining, production and export infrastructure. Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Matagorda is about 150 miles … Read more

WTI on pace for fourth straight weekly gain

WTI on pace for fourth straight weekly gain

U.S. crude oil was little changed on Friday but was on pace for a fourth straight weekly gain as falling inventories show an uptick in demand. Oil market analysts have been forecasting a tighter market in the third quarter as summer fuel demand picks up. U.S. inventory data appeared to confirm those forecasts, with crude … Read more

Energy giant Shell to take up to a $2 billion impairment hit on Rotterdam, Singapore plants

Energy giant Shell to take up to a  billion impairment hit on Rotterdam, Singapore plants

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock on February 17, 2024 in Somerset, England. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images Energy giant Shell on Friday said it expects to record a post-tax impairment hit of up to $2 billion mainly linked to its Singapore and Rotterdam plants, while … Read more