Shares of airline operators enjoyed a broad rally Tuesday, after a number of major carriers raised their revenue guidance, and as a further pullback in crude oil prices helped soothe concerns over ris...
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Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales
Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would dent the U.S. dollar’s dominance of the global pet...
Oil suffers ‘spectacular’ collapse, falls into bear market territory just 5 days after settling at nearly 14-year highs
U.S. and global benchmark crude oil entered bear market territory on Tuesday, just five trading days after they settled at their highest prices since 2008. “The collapse has been spectacular,” Fawad R...
Oil Prices Are Slipping Again. Expect Volatility in Crude to Continue.
Text size Oil prices were on a tear long before Russia invaded Ukraine, but have since marched higher. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil’s bounce back from its largest decline in two years failed as crude p...
Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar
American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...
Asian markets tumble as oil prices shoot higher amid calls for more sanctions against Russia
TOKYO — The price of oil jumped more than $10 a barrel and Asian markets were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent c...
U.S. stock futures sink Sunday as U.S. and its allies consider ban on Russian oil imports
U.S. stock-index futures fell sharply after trading began late Sunday, as investors remain rattled by the ongoing war in Ukraine. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.95% slid more than 300 p...
‘We need to increase oil & gas output immediately,’ Elon Musk says as Ukraine crisis jolts U.S. crude to 2008 high
Elon Musk voiced an unusual stance for an electric-vehicle executive on Friday. Tesla Inc.’s TSLA, -0.12% chief executive said the U.S. needs to immediately increase production of oil and gas in a twe...
U.S. stock futures sink as Russia attacks Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant
U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Thursday after reports that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, was on fire after Russian shelling, raising fears of an unprecedented nuclear disast...
Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.
I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...
Oil Is Surging. Why Oil Stocks Are Down.
Text size Oil prices are higher, but concerns about economic growth are weighing on oil stocks. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices soared on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil stocks were ...
Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine
Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...
U.S. stock futures fall, oil prices jump as U.S. says Russia has decided to invade Ukraine
U.S stock-index futures fell Sunday, amid even more urgent warnings from U.S. officials that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come soon. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.35%, S&P 5...
How Oil Could Hit $150. It’s Not Just About Russia.
Text size West Texas intermediate crude oil was trading near $94 a barrel on Monday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images By one measure, oil prices could rise to $150 a barrel this year, which would be the hig...
Wall Street: $100 Oil Might Just Be the Beginning
Text size The big question now for oil is where the U.S. dollar goes. Oil is priced in dollars and a strong dollar tends to hurt oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images A bet on $100 oil has gone from a l...
One of the World’s Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever
TORONTO—Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most envir...
Oil Prices Tumble Below $100 and Keep Falling. Here’s Why.
Text size U.S. oil prices fell more than 6% early Tuesday, to below $97 a barrel. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil prices extended their slump on Tuesday as West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell be...