Oil Prices Continue To Fall As EIA Reports Crude Inventory Build

Oil Prices Continue To Fall As EIA Reports Crude Inventory Build

Gasoline inventories shed 3.6 million barrels in the week to March 11. Middle distillate inventories rose by 300,000 barrels in the week to March 11. EIA: Crude oil inventories rose by 4.3 million barrels. Crude oil prices moved lower today after the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 4.3 million barrels for the …

Stocks Jump Amid Ukraine Talks Before Fed Decision

Stocks Jump Amid Ukraine Talks Before Fed Decision

Stocks rallied after reports that talks among Russia and Ukraine are progressing. Treasuries and the dollar retreated before the Federal Reserve policy decision. Oil fell.The S&P 500 climbed after the Financial Times reported that Russia and Ukraine have made significant progress on a neutrality plan to end the war, citing three people involved in the …

Pfizer to seek EUA for 2nd booster dose for over-65s – report

Pfizer to seek EUA for 2nd booster dose for over-65s – report

Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE on Tuesday filed an application with U.S. regulators seeking emergency use authorization for a second booster shot of their COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 65 and older. The submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration includes data collected in Israel, where a second booster is …

Oil falls on Ukraine peace hopes, U.S. Treasury yields rise

Oil falls on Ukraine peace hopes, U.S. Treasury yields rise

S&P 500 loses earlier gains, Dow rises Ukraine and Russia report rare progress at peace talks Benchmark 10-year yields reach two-and-a-half year high Oil prices fall to two-week low U.S. dollar dips New York, March 14 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell and European stocks rose on Monday as investors weighed positive comments from ceasefire talks …

Europe Is Getting Caught by a Covid Resurgence After Rushed Exit

Europe Is Getting Caught by a Covid Resurgence After Rushed Exit

(Bloomberg) — Europe tried to leave Covid-19 behind, but the rush to unwind restrictions is now setting the stage for a revival of pandemic risks. Accelerated by the emergence of BA.2 — a more-transmissible strain of the omicron variant — the virus has spread rapidly. Germany has set fresh records for infection rates for four …

Markets Chinese markets plunge Corona virus lockdowns

Markets Chinese markets plunge Corona virus lockdowns

Major stock markets in mainland China extended losses deep into Tuesday’s session as the negative sentiment prevailed prompted by coronavirus-related lockdowns across the country which halted work in major business hubs. Stocks across Asia-Pacific markets tumbled overall despite positive industrial production and retail sales data from China. The Shanghai Composite lost 3.28% or 105 points …

Germany Raises Alarm as Covid Infections Surge to Record Levels

Germany Raises Alarm as Covid Infections Surge to Record Levels

(Bloomberg) — Germany’s coronavirus infection rate hit a record for the third straight day on Monday, with the renewed surge prompting the country’s top health official to issue a grim warning.  Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,543 per 100,000 people over seven days, continuing its steady rise since the beginning of March, according to data from …

COVID comes back….. China closing cities…… Chinese lockdowns make Foxconn shut chip plants

COVID comes back….. China closing cities…… Chinese lockdowns make Foxconn shut chip plants

There’s arguably never a good time for the COVID-19 pandemic to make a comeback but the surging cases in China over the weekend come at a moment when the global economy could do without another layer of stress to its already stretched supply chains. This morning, Chinese stocks fell as domestic COVID-19 cases jumped to …

Russia says nearly half its reserves are frozen, counts on ties with China

Russia says nearly half its reserves are frozen, counts on ties with China

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia said on Sunday that it was counting on China to help it withstand the blow to its economy from Western sanctions, which it said had frozen nearly half of its gold and foreign currency reserves. “We have part of our gold and foreign exchange reserves in the Chinese currency, in yuan. …