Commodities & Futures News

Investing.com-- Oil prices settled just lower Tuesday as traders weighed a U.S. decision to resume buying oil from its emergency reserves and ongoing worries about weaker demand...

By Maximilian Heath and Matias Baglietto CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina (Reuters) - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just...

By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19% of a sample of merchandise selling at U.S. and global retailers in the past year, a...

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday after the U.S. government resumed buying oil for its strategic reserve, but the market was pressured by...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 75 U.S. lawmakers from President Joe Biden's Democratic party on Tuesday praised his pause on approvals of exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG,...

By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. spot power and natural gas prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona for Tuesday as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the...

By Timothy Gardner and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two influential Republican U.S. lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to prevent a French company from working...

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The United States sees Iran's capacity to move its oil as reliant on service providers based in Malaysia, with oil being transferred near...

Investing.com-- Gold prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Tuesday, having taken limited support from increased unrest in the Middle East, while focus also remained on potential...

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies must encourage mining projects in countries where Western corporations are reticent to do business to guarantee a reliable and...

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had met with state health officials and asked them to facilitate distribution of protective...

Investing.com -- Oil prices settled higher Monday, after swinging wildly on dwindling hopes for an end to the Gaza war as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said...

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil futures ended largely unchanged on Monday as a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel continued to elude negotiators. Both crude oil...

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union would ban trans-shipment of Russian LNG, the use of EU ports by vessels transporting goods contributing to Russia's...

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -As Big Oil returns this week to the industry's annual showcase for offshore energy projects and equipment in Houston, deepwater...

Investing.com-- Gold prices rose in Asian trade on Monday, capitalizing on a recent drop in the dollar as softer-than-expected U.S. payrolls data saw traders increase bets on...

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Global petrol demand growth could halve in 2024, squeezing second-half refinery margins, analysts said, driven by a shift to electric cars in...

By P.J. Huffstutter MONEE, Illinois (Reuters) - Farmer Luz Klotz straightened the brightly striped hair bow on Reba, a 1,600-pound heifer lounging on the ground under twinkling...

By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled lower on Friday, and posted their steepest weekly loss in three months as investors weighed weak U.S. jobs data and possible...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. has been preparing since 2022 for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin would stop selling it nuclear power...

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell Friday, to remain on course for steep losses this week even as the dollar weakened following a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report, while data...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that...

The focus of the oil markets seems to have shifted away from geopolitical context, indicating looser rather than restrictive supply and demand fundamentals in the future. This is...

2024 has seen gold prices surge to new record levels, with the yellow metal exceeding $2,400 an ounce last month due to increased global demand amid economic and geopolitical...

By Robert Harvey and Arathy Somasekhar LONDON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in...

Investing.com-- Gold prices moved little in Asian trade on Friday as markets remained averse to the yellow metal before key U.S. payrolls data, while the prospect of high for...

By Tom Polansek and Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bird flu likely circulated in U.S. dairy cows on a limited basis for about four months before federal officials confirmed...

By Ana Mano and Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Torrential rainfall in Brazil's second-largest soybean and sixth-largest corn state is disrupting the final stages of the...

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled on Thursday near their lowest level in seven-weeks, narrowly mixed and under pressure from weaker global demand, rising...

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator's censure of a top U.S. oil executive over private meetings with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)...

Investing.com-- Oil prices settled just lower Thursday, as investors weighed up a possible extension of OPEC+ supply cuts and worries about waning demand. At 14:30 ET (18:30 GMT),...

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC+ oil producers are making voluntary output cuts totalling about 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first half of 2024, led by Saudi...

Investing.com-- Bitcoin price slightly recovered on Thursday, but remained pinned below key support levels as fears of high U.S. interest rates remained in play after a Federal...

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado (Reuters) -The four-month window from May through August marks the high point for power generation and demand in the state of Texas, the...

By Alex Lawler and Olesya Astakhova LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies have yet to begin formal talks on extending voluntary oil output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per...