Level last seen on Apr 5; indices up 17% since June 17 lows
The rupee settled at 79.60 per US dollar, as against 79.44 per US dollar at its previous close
Decision arrived at today during a meeting between industry players & officials
Experts said a fall in oil prices and other key commodities are a silver lining in the domestic market
Given the macro headwinds - the need to tighten monetary policy combined with the risk of a much higher oil price, are the key reasons Wood has been in no hurry to add to the 'overweight' position
Country's energy needs are enormous, says oil ministry in statement.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 41 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to 102.60 a barrel, adding to a 19 cent gain in the previous session.
Brent crude futures rose 66 cents, or 0.6%, to $107.91 a barrel by 0623 GMT while the front-month WTI crude futures contract, which expires on Wednesday, rose 46 cents, or 0.5%, to $103.02 a barrel
Oil futures rose in early trading on Tuesday as the potential for more sanctions following alleged war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine added to concerns about supply disruptions
Without an EU embargo of Russian oil, Commerzbank analyst Carsten Fritsch said sanctions were unlikely to have a major impact on the oil market
It quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying that the international community must assume its responsibility to maintain energy supplies in order to stand against the Houthis
Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported a more than doubling of annual net profit in 2021, boosted by higher oil prices, and announced plans to sharply lift capital expenditure in 2022
Shares have opened lower in Europe after gains for most Asian benchmarks as oil prices hovered above USD100 per barrel. Stocks rose in Tokyo and Shanghai but fell in Paris, Frankfurt and London. U.S. futures were lower. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for more help for his country after days of bombardment of civilian sites in multiple cities over the past few days. The war, and plans for President Joe Biden to speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping later Friday were among the uncertainties overhanging markets. The White House said the conversation will center on managing the competition between our two countries as well as Russia's war against Ukraine and other issues of mutual concern. Germany's DAX slipped 0.3per cent to 14,357.48 and the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.5per cent to 6,583.42. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.2per cent to 7,368.02. The futures for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials were 0.4per cent lower. Wrapping up a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan opted to
Indian retail inflation likely slipped marginally in February, thanks to lower food prices, according to economists who still warned that surging oil prices will push inflation much higher in future
Surging oil prices have battered market sentiment toward major energy importer India, pushing down the rupee to a record low and dragging stocks and bonds
A Western ban on Russian oil imports may more than double the price to $300 a barrel and prompt the closure of the main gas pipeline to Germany, Moscow warned on Monday
Brent crude topped $112 a barrel on Wednesday, the highest since 2014, shrugging off news that several developed countries plan to release a record 60 mn barrels of petroleum reserves to cool prices
As long as the Russia-Ukraine heat continues, commodities will be the dominating theme versus the consumption theme said B Gopkumar, MD and CEO at Axis Securities.
In addition to rising oil prices and disruption in supplies, CEOs are worried how rising oil prices will impact their sales
It also shows that the rally in futures prices - they passed $96 at one point on Wednesday - is in part being driven by what's happening in the real world