Commodities & Futures
By Marwa Rashad DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest top LNG buyer, JERA, plans to increase its purchases of liquefied from the United States to diversify its supply and meet demand growth spurred by data centres and AI, a senior executive told Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to unleash…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The dollar fell to its lowest of the year as the Bank of Japan delivered a long-awaited interest rate rise on Friday, euro business unexpectedly returned to growth and President Donald Trump’s latest comments gave China…
By Lisandra Paraguassu As world leaders grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Brazil, the host of this year’s COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations in what will be a fierce dispute over who will pay for the global transition…
By Brad Haynes, Max Schwarz and Marta Fiorin DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – As Ukraine’s president discussed peacekeeping forces needed to enforce any ceasefire and U.S. President Donald Trump urged an end to three years of war, Ukrainian officials were courting private investors this week to help rebuild the country. Oleksiy…
By Sheila Dang and Valerie Volcovici HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump’s executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry representatives told Reuters, noting a future president could easily reverse Trump’s…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a frenetic first three days of the new Donald Trump presidency, buoyant Wall Street stocks hovered near new record highs – gradually turning attention back to a punchy corporate earnings season and economic updates. Wednesday’s…
Investing.com– Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Thursday, extending a recent downturn as traders braced for higher U.S. production under President Donald Trump while also awaiting more data on U.S. inventories. Crude prices tumbled from a near six-month high in the past week, as uncertainty over Trump’s energy…
(Reuters) -U.S. crude oil stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week while gasoline and distillate inventories likely rose, an extended Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Nine analysts polled by Reuters estimated that on average crude inventories fell by about 1.6 million barrels in the week to Jan. 17. Crude…
By Tim Reid (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders and taken other actions since being sworn in on Monday on scores of issues that could have an impact on the lives of millions of Americans and non-citizens. The orders aim to meet campaign…
By Valerie Volcovici and Sheila Dang WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas producers are thrilled that President Donald Trump wants to encourage domestic energy development but say his decision to withdraw the United States from international climate cooperation will not help their investment plans in the global transition to…