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Oil rates dipped in early trade on Thursday, extending losses amid unpredictability over how proposed tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump on several countries would affect worldwide economic development and energy demand. Brent unrefined futures fell 23 cents, or 0.3%, to $ 78.79 a barrel at 0135 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) alleviated 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.26. In its previous session, Brent futures settled at $79.00 in a 5th straight day of losses. WTI futures settled at $75.44 in a 4th consecutive day of declines. Trump has actually stated he would include brand-new tariffs to...

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions hazard against Russia if the nation does not make a. deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also. be applied to other getting involved nations.. In a post on Truth Social, Trump customized comments he made on. Tuesday that he would likely impose sanctions versus Russia if. President Vladimir Putin refused to negotiate an end to the. nearly threeyear dispute. If we do not make a 'offer,' and quickly, I have no other option. however to put high levels of...

LyondellBasell Industries will begin the irreversible closure of its 263,776 barrelperday Houston refinery this coming weekend, said people knowledgeable about plant operations. Layoffs of approximately 400 workers at the refinery are set up to begin two months after the shutdown begins, the sources stated. A Lyondell representative did not immediately respond to a. request for remark. Lyondell plans to transform existing hydrotreaters at the. refinery site along the Houston Ship Channel for usage with. equipment to be included after 2027 to produce plastic pellets from. recycled plastic items. Lyondell said in November shuttering the refinery would. begin in January and...

Halliburton anticipates flat to slightly lower incomes in 2025, the oilfield service company said on Wednesday, as it warned of softer activity in North America and Mexico. Shares of the business, which beat analysts' quotes for fourth-quarter earnings by 1 cent, were down 1% at $29.23 in midday trading. The lukewarm outlook echoed that of competing SLB, which flagged flat revenue in 2025 revenue as customers limited activity and costs due to an oversupply of oil. Halliburton is expecting flat earnings from international markets in 2025 due to lower activity in Mexico. Revenue from worldwide markets had gained 2.4% in...

U.S. President Donald Trump's. go back to the White House has actually been met both relief and. dissatisfaction throughout world markets as investors try to exercise. what the next four years will bring. The approach will be chaotic, unpredictable, spur of the. minute and driven by Trump himself, stated Russel Matthews,. senior portfolio manager, international macro at RBC BlueBay Asset. Management. Here's a take a look at some of the winners and losers emerging. from Trump's very first 24 hr in workplace. 1/ NAME CALLING Calling out Canada and Mexico as possible targets for. tariffs took an even more toll...

Norwegian industrial software company Cognite strategies to move its head office to the U.S. this year to gain access to fastergrowing markets in North America, Asia, and the Middle East, its cofounder John Markus Lervik told Reuters on Tuesday. Lervik told the Reuters Global Markets Forum that Europe's. regulative environment was hindering growth. We are doubling down in the U.S., and with the new. president's concentrate on financial investment, we're growing additional. strongly, with over 100 open positions, he stated. Donald Trump's second presidency, marked by trade hazards. and sweeping executive actions, positions fresh threats for European. players as tariffs...

U.S. President Donald Trump's. go back to the White House has been met with both relief and. frustration across world markets as financiers try to work out. what the next four years will bring. The approach will be chaotic, unpredictable, spur of the. minute and driven by Trump himself, stated Russel Matthews,. senior portfolio supervisor, international macro at RBC BlueBay Asset. Management. Here's a look at a few of the winners and losers emerging. from Trump's very first 24 hours in office. 1/ NAME CALLING Calling out Canada and Mexico as prospective targets for. tariffs took an even more toll...

Germany and Europe require to end up being more independent and competitive to deal with obstacles postured by U.S. President Donald Trump , the head of Germany's car association stated on Tuesday. We require a change to our mindset and a modification to politics, Hildegard Mueller said at the association's yearly news conference. After Trump's inauguration, it is clear how decisive economic strength will be in future. The president, a former political leader for the conservative CDU who has led the cars lobby given that 2020, called for Germany's. next government to take on longstanding concerns she stated held back....

Italy's Prysmian will abandon a plan to build a plant in the United States to construct cables for offshore wind parks, the group said in a declaration seen on Tuesday. Prysmian, the world's greatest cablemaker and a significant player in offshore wind transmission, does not see a strong enough market in the U.S. for wind farms, a source close to the company informed Reuters. On Monday, President Donald Trump suspended new federal offshore wind leasing pending an ecological and financial evaluation, stating wind mills are unsightly, pricey and harm wildlife. Prysmian's choice not to build the plant was taken in...

Shares of Japanese car manufacturers and South Korean battery makers declined on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico soon and revoked the previous administration's executive order on electrical automobiles. However Chinese producers bucked the pattern, with stocks opening greater after Trump did not target China in his inauguration speech or immediately enforce tariffs on Beijing as formerly guaranteed. The volatility in Asian shares within hours of Trump's. inauguration highlights how policy shifts under Trump could. capture huge producers in a few of Washington's closest allies. in the area, Japan and South...

Shares of Japanese automakers and South Korean battery makers were struck on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump stated he could enforce tariffs on Canada and Mexico soon and revoked the previous administration's executive order on electric lorries. The 2 relocations by Trump within hours of his inauguration highlight how modifications in U.S. policy might squeeze manufacturing giants in close U.S. allies Japan and South Korea. Cars and truck makers are already facing immense disturbance from the pivot to electrical vehicles and the spectacular rise of Chinese competitors. Trump said that he was considering enforcing 25% tariffs and that the...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would likely stop buying oil from Venezuela and was looking extremely highly at the South American country. It was a great country twenty years ago, and now it's a mess, Trump informed press reporters in the Oval Office hours after his inauguration. We do not need to buy their oil. We have a lot of oil for ourselves. Trump's envoy for special objectives, Richard Grenell, had earlier said he consulted with multiple authorities in Venezuela and would start meetings early Tuesday, days after the outgoing Biden administration enforced brand-new sanctions...

Volkswagen on Tuesday cautioned against the hazardous economic impact of tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing on imports from Mexico, where Europe's leading carmaker operates a significant factory. The comments by the German vehicles huge, already grappling with high costs and low-cost Chinese competition in your home, show significant uncertainty following Trump's threat to potentially enforce responsibilities of 25% on items from Mexico. While a firm choice has not been made, Trump stated such tariffs might become efficient from Feb. 1. The Volkswagen Group is worried about the hazardous financial effect that proposed tariffs by the U.S. administration...

Shares in some big European carmakers fell sharply on Tuesday on unpredictability over possible new tariffs after Donald Trump took office as U.S. President. Trump did not right away enforce tariffs as previously assured however stated he was thinking about enforcing 25% tasks on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 over prohibited immigrants and fentanyl crossing into the United States. European carmakers such as Stellantis and Volkswagen have centers in Mexico which produce cars and trucks for the U.S. market. Stellantis shares fell around 2% by 0813 GMT, while the broader European vehicle sector was down around 1%,...

New automobile sales in Europe were up by 0.9% in 2024, led by doubledigit development in hybrid vehicle registrations, which surpassed gas for a fourth consecutive month in December, market information revealed on Tuesday. Renault's market share in the continent overtook Stellantis' for the very first month because the Franco-Italian group was created in January 2021, information by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) revealed. WHY IT is necessary The European automobile market is undergoing a complex EV transition, as EV sales growth disappoints and carmakers oppose procedures to encourage consumers to abandon combustion engines, such as CO2 emission rules...

Dalian iron ore futures rose for a ninth straight session on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump did not instantly impose tariffs on trading partners as formerly guaranteed. The most-traded May iron ore agreement on China's Dalian Product Exchange (DCE) ended early morning trade 0.81%. higher at 806.5 yuan ($ 110.89) a metric heap. Previously in the. session, it touched its highest since Dec. 12 at 808 yuan. The benchmark February iron ore on the Singapore. Exchange was 1.28% higher at $105.15 a heap, as of 0331 GMT. Typical hot metal output amongst 247 blast heater steelmakers. in China increased...

An investigating magistrate has been designated in Belgium after Democratic Republic of the Congo in December filed criminal grievances implicating Apple subsidiaries of using socalled conflict minerals in their supply chain, a. legal representative for Congo stated Monday. I can validate that the Belgian examining judge has been. designated, said Leo Fastenakel, one of the attorneys representing. the Congolese federal government in Belgium. Our company believe he is a serious and strenuous judge, he included,. without naming the magistrate. Any choice on whether offenses have been committed. will be based on an examination carried out by the. examining magistrate, another...

Copper costs held near onemonth highs on Monday, supported by a weaker dollar and hopes that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at a. faster speed after U.S. information recommended that underlying rate. pressures might be alleviating. Traders stated volumes were subdued because of a U.S. holiday. and Donald Trump's inauguration for his 2nd term as U.S. president and unpredictability over his threats to impose tariffs on. U.S. imports. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME). was down 0.3% at $9,163 a metric load by 1132 GMT. It touched. $ 9,290 a load on Friday for its greatest...

The Biden administration on Friday issued lastminute proposed rules to curb dutyfree imports under the $800 de minimis threshold, rejecting the lowvalue deliveries exemption for items that undergo other punitive U.S. tariffs. The relocation marks a problem for e-commerce companies, including China-based Shein and PDD Holdings' Temu, which have exploited the de minimis threshold to ship millions of small packages a day to U.S. clients. The Biden administration first announced in September that it was taking actions to curb the trade loophole that it blames for shipments of fentanyl precursor chemicals to avert custom-mades inspection and tariffs. U.S. Customs and...

Gold costs were pressed by an uptick in the U.S. dollar on Friday, but stayed on track for a. weekly gain as uncertainties around Presidentelect Donald. Trump's policies and restored bets of additional rate cuts raised. bullion above the crucial $2,700 level. Spot gold relieved 0.1% to $2,712.30 per ounce by 10:14. a.m. ET (1514 GMT), while U.S. gold futures moved 0.1% to. $ 2,747.40. The pullback today is not significant, but more of a. profit-taking move than anything else, maybe helped by the. dollar being a little higher in the day, adding some light. pressure, stated David Meger, director...

Gold prices rose to a. morethanonemonth high up on Thursday after the current U.S. economic data pushed the Treasury yields even more, following a. soft core inflation reading this week that increased bets for a. more dovish Federal Reserve policy. Area gold got 0.8% to $2,718.00 per ounce since. 9:55 a.m. ET (1455 GMT), hitting its highest considering that Dec. 12. U.S. gold futures rose 1.1% to $2,748.60. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose to a. seasonally changed 217,000 for the week ended Jan. 11, the. Labor Department stated on Thursday. A Reuters poll had actually forecast. 210,000 claims....

Codelco pushed difficult to lift its copper production from a 25yearlow at the end of 2024, however union workers and analysts question whether its tactics are sustainable as it targets annual output of 1.7 million metric lots by the end of the years. Codelco's production reached 1.328 million loads in 2024, at the low end of its target range and just about 3,500 tons greater than the quarter-century low in 2023, an internal document seen revealed. Four employees spoken with said the world's largest copper producer had shortened downtime, altered shift schedules and heightened production targets while postponing some required...

China stated on Thursday it would use provisional responsibilities on imports of industrial plastics from the United States, European Union, Japan and Taiwan after a. monthslong antidumping investigation. The provisional anti-dumping levies on polyacetal copolymers. range from 3.8% to 74.9% depending upon the nation and business. and will commence from January 24, the Commerce Ministry stated in. a declaration. China launched the examination in May, the same week that. U.S. treked tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and the European. Union introduced a trade examination into certain Chinese steel. imports. The nine-month investigation revealed its findings days. before Donald Trump is...

Gold costs firmed near onemonth highs hit earlier on Thursday after a softerthanexpected core U.S. inflation print increased opportunities of two Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, with the first most likely in June. Area gold got 0.3% to $2,704.56 per ounce since 0934 GMT after striking its highest level given that Dec. 12 earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures acquired 0.7% to $ 2,736.50. Further gains in safe-haven bullion were, however, restricted as Hamas and Israel reached an offer for a ceasefire in Gaza after 15 months of conflict and heightened Middle East stress. Gold rallied to multiple-record...