Tag: current crude oil price

Weekly Outlook of Financial Markets for March 4-8

The prices of major commodities including gold, crude oil and silver fell again on a weekly scale; major currencies pairs including the Euro and Aussie dollar also depreciated against the USD during the previous week. Will commodities and risk currencies…

U.S. Non- Manufacturing Index Slightly Rose to 52.6%

Today, the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 52.6% in December. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 25th consecutive…

OPEC to Keep Oil Production Unchanged in 2012

In today’s OPEC meeting the OPEC ministers reached an agreement on the future crude oil production in 2012, as oppose to the last OPEC meeting back in June 8th, in which  OPEC members couldn’t reach a consensus on OPEC’s oil…

U.S. Non-PMI Manufacturing Index Slightly Slipped to 52%

Yesterday, the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 52% in November. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 24th consecutive…

Will the Sanctions on Iran affect Oil Prices?

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the top European Countries will convene today, Thursday December 1st in Brussels and will decide whether to impose sanctions on Iran including an embargo on Iranian oil. The escalation in the relation between Iran and…

U.S. Non-PMI Manufacturing Index Nearly Unchanged at 52.9%

Today the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 52.9% in October. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 23rd consecutive…

U.S. Non-PMI Manufacturing Index Slightly Slipped to 53%

Today the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 53.0% in September. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 22nd consecutive…

Saudi Arabia signals to raise oil production

Following the OPEC meeting from last week, in which OPEC ministers didn’t reach an agreement as to the whether to raise  oil production quota, it’s currently reported that Saudi Arabia may raise its oil production quota in the months to…