Category: Crude Oil

Weekly Outlook for 16-20 January

Following the rally of precious metals’ prices in the past couple of weeks along with other commodities prices including crude oil prices, this week brings many news items on the agenda that could affect this upward trend including: China’s GDP…

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Recap 9-13 January

Crude oil prices changed direction from an upward trend during the first week of 2012 to a decline during the second week of January.  The speculation around the Euro Area’s economic stability may have adversely affected commodities prices. The January…

Gold and Silver Continued to Rally –Recap January 12

Gold and silver continued their upward trend and moderately rose in Thursday’s trading; on the other hand, major energy commodities were traded down: crude oil prices declined, and natural gas price continued to sharply decrease. Major currencies appreciated against the…

Gold and Silver Continued to Trade up –Recap January 11

Gold and silver prices continued to rise even though other commodities prices declined in yesterday’s trading: crude oil prices changed direction and moderately declined, and natural gas price took a dive and precipitately decreased. Major currencies such as Euro and…

ECB Kept Interest Rate at 1.00% – January 12

 As expected the European Central Bank kept the basic interest rate at 1.00% after ECB had cut the rate in twice in the past couple of months. President of ECB, Mario Draghi continues to call for structural reforms in EU…