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Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... again. Gulf War the third. Just in from Bloomberg, "Obama Won't Rule Out Airstrikes to Aid Iraq's Army". Oil spikes! "West Texas Intermediate and Brent crudes surged to eight-month highs as violence escalated across northern and central Iraq, increasing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... supported in overnight markets," he said. "In the London Metal Exchange market, the base metals went lower and gold and West Texas Intermediate, the oil side of things, they were basically unchanged." BHP Billiton added 46 cents, or 1.23 per cent, to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... the eurozone leaders' agreement on key crisis measures as a signal that demand could rise. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for August delivery, finished up $US7.27 at $US84.96 a barrel. Santos was up 36 cents to $11.01 and Woodside ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... reacted to Argentina's shock decision to expropriate a subsidiary of Spanish oil giant Repsol. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for delivery in May jumped $1.54 to $104.44 a barrel. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... remains with us and could yet resurface anytime. And then there is oil's resurgence. At the close of last week's trading, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil was fetching US$107.83 per barrel and the Brent blend was changing hands for US$124.03. ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI Crude Oil Index. This index tracks the performance of West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a global pricing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... health of the European and US economies amid debt problems on both sides of the Atlantic. New York's main contract, West Texas Intermediate for delivery in October, fell $1.81 to close at $87.24 a barrel. In London, Brent North Sea crude for October ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... swept up the US eastern coast over the weekend. North Sea Brent for October delivery gained $US1.20 to $US112.56 and West Texas light sweet crude rose $US1.95 to $US87.32. TOKYO - Tokyo share prices closed up 0.61 per cent on Monday after Finance Minister ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... with ExxonMobil rising 2.1 per cent and Chevron gaining 1.4 per cent after the world's two major oil benchmarks -- West Texas Intermediate in New York and Brent North Sea crude in London -- both gained more than two dollars a barrel. Bond prices dropped ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... straight weeks of losses, capped off with a 1.4 per cent plunge last Friday. Energy stocks took a beating as the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude plunged $1.99 in New York trading, with oil-services firm Schlumberger dropping 1.2 per cent ...