10-11-2010 07:00
Crude oil futures extended recent gains on Tuesday, with New York prices striking fresh two-year peaks, as the International Energy Agency forecast steady demand growth up to 2035.
09-11-2010 11:03
Oil prices reached two-year highs on Monday before profit-taking and a strengthening dollar pared gains.
08-11-2010 23:04
Oil prices reached two-year high points on Monday before profit-taking pushed them down, while attention was on Nigeria after an oil rig was attacked off the coast of the energy exporting nation.
08-11-2010 13:00
Oil prices staged their longest rally this year, extending gains into a seventh day in Asia Monday as a mini employment boom in the US and a second quantitative easing by the Fed pushed prices up, analysts said.
06-11-2010 09:24
Oil prices hit two-year high points on Friday, dragged higher by a weak dollar, analysts said.
04-11-2010 06:00
Oil prices soared on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve announced plans to inject an additional $600 billion into the market in an effort to boost the economy.
02-11-2010 23:57
Oil rallied on Tuesday, as the dollar sank before a crucial monetary policy meeting and mid-term election results in the United States, and after supportive comments from OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia.
01-11-2010 10:55
SINGAPORE, November 1, 2010 (AFP) - Oil prices rebounded in Asian trade Monday, nearing $82 as traders took advantage of the greenback hitting fresh 15-year lows, analysts said.
31-10-2010 18:11
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Sunday the price of oil is "very comfortable" despite crude having slid below $82 a barrel.
28-10-2010 10:03
Oil prices tumbled on Wednesday, accelerating earlier losses on the back of the stronger dollar and after news of a sharp jump in US crude stockpiles that highlighted weakening energy demand.
28-10-2010 09:08
World oil prices fell on Wednesday on the back of the strengthening dollar and forecasts of surging American crude reserves in the upcoming weekly US inventories report.
25-10-2010 15:11
Oil prices surged in Asian trade Monday as the dollar hit fresh 15-year lows after G20 economies agreed to avoid potentially destabilising competitive currency devaluations, analysts said.
23-10-2010 12:42
Oil prices bounced back on Friday as the US dollar renewed its slide and ongoing strikes in French refineries and ports pushed prices higher.
22-10-2010 15:05
Hanoi - The Ministry of Finance has called on fuel retailers to reduce prices, but will allow them to use resources from the fuel stabilisation fund to offset losses incurred through fluctuating global oil prices.
21-10-2010 14:52
SINGAPORE, October 21, 2010 - Oil prices were down in Asian trade Thursday, hovering around $82 as traders took profits from a rally the day before, analysts said.