The average price for Iraqi crude oil in October was 88.31 dollars per barrel, the Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, citing statistics from the State Organisation for Marketing of Oil.
The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.97% to 17,959.30 as of 0402 GMT, and the S&P BSE Sensex was 0.99% higher at 60,555.83.
On the downside, the MCX Crude Oil futures have near support at Rs 7,111 and Rs 7,039 levels. Meanwhile, Natural Gas futures likely to get considerable support around Rs 486.
India imports more than 85% of its crude, half of its gas, and 60% of the cooking fuel, and any uptick in rates reduces the purchasing power of Indian households, something that is called inflation
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Oil prices opened mixed in early Asian trade on Thursday as investors balanced caution over tightening supply against lower demand projections
Oil prices steadied in early Asian trade as a weaker US dollar lent support
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The MCX Crude Oil futures are likely to trade in a broad range of Rs 6,900 - Rs 7,770 in the near term. Natural Gas futures can pullback to Rs 580, is support at Rs 520 is sustained.
Oil prices slipped today, easing off five-week highs, as the market took profits following strong gains last week on expectations of tighter supplies following OPEC+ cuts
The pullback in MCX Crude Oil futures is aided by cut in oil production by OPEC+ members. The commodity crossed its 50-DMA for the first time since July 2022.
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Despite one of the tightest markets in recorded history, Goldman said the cut could be justified by the 40% decline in prices from their June peak and enabled by the lack of supply elasticity
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The MCX Crude Oil October futures are likely to test major support of 100-WMA around the Rs 5,900-level. Whereas, for the week, Rs 530-level is the key support for Natural Gas futures.
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Global stocks fell for a third day Friday after more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to control persistent inflation spurred fears of a possible global recession. London and Frankfurt opened lower. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Oil prices fell by more than $1 per barrel. Japanese markets were closed for a holiday. Wall Street futures were lower following rate hikes Thursday by central banks in Britain, Switzerland, Turkey and the Philippines. The Fed hiked its key rate on Wednesday for a fifth time this year and indicated more rises were on the way. Global equities are struggling as the world anticipates surging rates will trigger a much sooner and possibly severe global recession, Edward Moya of Oanda said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.6% to 7,127.70 and the DAX in Frankfurt shed 0.3% to 12,490.55. The CAC 40 in Paris was 0.2% lower at 5,905.20. On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index and Dow Jones
Brent futures were 10 cents, or 0.1%, lower at $90.52 a barrel by 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.66.