Asian stocks rebounded Wednesday after Wall Street declined and China reported inflation edged higher. Already high oil prices rose further, adding more than USD 2 per barrel following President Joe Biden's ban on imports of Russian crude. Stock benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney rose while Hong Kong declined. South Korean markets were closed for a presidential election. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index sank 0.7 per cent amid enduring unease over the impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine. Asian markets seem to be taking a breather from their sell-off, but Wall Street's retreat may drive some wait-and-see as geopolitical risks show no signs of easing, Yeap Jun Rong of IG said in a report. Also Wednesday, China's government reported consumer prices rose 0.6 per cent in February from the previous month while producer prices gained 0.5 per cent. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.6 per cent to 3,312.39 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.9 to ...
The US admin said it consulted its European allies before banning the import of Russian oil and gas while stressing that it recogniSes not all of its partners were in a position to follow suit.
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Any deal would be to bolster China's imports as it intensifies its focus on energy and food security - not as a show of support for Russia's invasion in Ukraine - the people said
The EU is also divided over whether to impose an embargo on Russian oil
Britain, EU commit to phasing out dependency on Russian energy supply
Nayara operates the 400,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Vadinar refinery in India's western Gujarat state and has a fleet of about 6,500 retail fuel stations in the country.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US and its allies are having a very active discussion about banning the import of Russian oil and natural gas in the latest escalation of their sanctions
The West's attempt to bring Vladimir Putin to heel by weaponising everything from aircraft spares to finance will have much wider repercussions, writes T N Ninan
Global stocks fell and oil prices rose on signs of an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict after reports of a fire at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant after an attack by Russian troops
Analyst says Iran deal can't replace Russia disruptions; OPEC and its allies have snubbed calls to accelerate output rises
ONGC Videsh said it and its partners will decide on how to keep operating the Sakhalin 1 project over next few weeks, after Exxon Mobil's decision to exit Russia's oil and gas sector
Russia has never defaulted on sovereign hard currency debt, but reserve freeze, severed financial ties, politics pose risk ; Moscow has stopped payments on local sovereign bonds already
Brent crude futures rose by more than $8, touching a peak of $113.02 a barrel, the highest since June 2014, before easing to $111.53, up by $6.56 or 6.3% by 0950 GMT
Russia produces close to 11 million barrels per day of crude oil. It uses roughly half of this output for its own internal demand
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
BPCL, India's second-biggest state refiner, on an average buys two million barrels of Russian Urals every month on a delivered basis
Crude oil was trading around $104 a barrel on Tuesday as some buyers shunned Russian barrels after Western allies imposed sanctions on Moscow
For India, the price range is a cause of concern as it may add Rs 8 to Rs 10 in petrol and diesel selling prices, if the OMCs decide to revise the current prices