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Showing posts with label crude oil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crude oil. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

UK markets Lost more than £30 billion, Euro dips to 9-yr low, Brent crude oil drops below $50

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The world economy is in chaos as the value of UK firms plunge losing more than £30 billion on Monday as world markets felt the effects of Greece potentially leaving the euro currency.

London’s FTSE 100 index lost 130.64 points closing at 6417.16, wiping out around £33.2 billion from the UK’s leading blue chip firms.

The euro has fallen to a 9-year low since the beginning of 2015, as recessions continue to hit the weakest countries in Europe, which includes France, Portugal and Spain. The euro is now worth around $1.186 US dollars. The collapsing oil prices didn't help as investors put their money in safe-haven sovereign debt. Brent crude drops below the $50 barrier, losing more than a dollar to $49.92 a barrel just before 3. a.m. ET, it has reached the levels last seen in May 2009, although prices went back above $50 later.

U.S. futures CLc1 lost 75 cents to under $47.20 a barrel, their lowest since April 2009, after already completing the drop below $50 earlier in the week.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Oil Slips a new Affects European stocks

U.S. crude oil sustained heavy loses as it slip further to under $60 a barrel. Brent crude has recorded its five and a half year low and on its way for sharp weekly loss. Europe stocks are glowing red, while German 10-yr bond yield at record low.

Falling crude oil prices have exposed weakness in U.S. high yield markets and increase volatility across asset classes.

The STOXX Europe 600 Oil & Gas Index went down about 1% in early trading, it pulled down the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index to 1,347.45 points. The euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index slide by 0.8% to 3,133.36 points with political concerns over Greece also hurting European stocks.

Global crude prices went down in recent weeks because of enormous oversupply, raising fears that deflation could hit economies around the world.

China data added up to more concerns for investors, with factory growth slowing more than expected last month to its second-worst reading since the global crisis and investment expansion hovering near a 13-year low.