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Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... increased 34 cents, or 0.3 percent, to end the session at $114.46 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange." "WTI for August delivery slipped 14 cents to settle at $106.03 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange." Say what? "WTI... ...

Wall Street slips on oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... across northern and central Iraq, increasing the prospect of a return to civil war in OPEC's second-biggest oil producer... WTI advanced 2 percent while Brent gained 2.8 percent." (Bloomberg again). Yikes! Be afraid. Bloomberg quotes John Kilduff - "a ...

Maybe slowing, definitely distorted, more likely rebalancing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... one-day drop in iron ore prices in over four years, the biggest two-session decline in copper futures in 28 months, the fall in WTI crude oil prices to their lowest level in three weeks... The 'bots' did what they were programmed to do -"if actual data ...

Right direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... and called for early presidential elections. And with instability in the Middle East comes the ghost of higher oil prices. WTI crude oil prices closed at US$101.16 a barrel last night. The first time it has traded above US$100 since September last year. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... 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 Institute ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... 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. I don't have to remind ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... performance of West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a global pricing benchmark for more than 160 internationally traded crude oils. The ETF is also currency hedged, which ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... 2,404.82. Crude oil prices sank further on Tuesday with New York prices at their lowest level since September 24, 2010, the WTI crude contract for November losing another $US1.94 to end at $US75.67 a barrel. That the market reacted so violently - including ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher on Thursday following gains on Wall Street overnight and halting Wednesday's losses. At 0710 AEST on Thrusday, the September share price index futures contract was up 72 points at 4,088. In economics news ...