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Gold futures closed slightly lower Thursday, reflecting weakness in the broader U.S. stock market after a failed attempt at reaching the $675-a-ounce level, as the dollar declined against European currencies and oil prices ended their losing streak.
HOUSTON --The recent sell-off on US stock markets reflects tightening credit, which could make riskier chemicals projects harder to finance, an officer with a consultant firm said on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 13,321.08 in intraday trading on Monday. While ...
31 July 2007 - BASF is to file for voluntary delisting of its American Depositary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange. The delisting is expected to become effective on 6 September when the company s American Depositary Receipts will no longer be traded. The ADR program will ...
Hong Kong-based China National Resources Holdings Ltd. signed an agreement to acquire 55 % of Xinjiang Mining, owner of exploration and production rights at copper and silver mine in western China for HK$1.98 billion ($253 million) in new shares, the company said in a statement ...
August 15, 2007 - OPEC August 14 raised its forecasts of world oil demand and demand for its own crude this year and next. But it warned that the demand outlook was being clouded by a number of "emerging uncertainties," including the extent of the fallout from the housing loans ...
Oil and gasoline prices rose, recovering from steep losses earlier in the week, as the stock market gained some stability. This stability eased traders' worries about an economic slump that could result in reducing demand. Light, sweet crude for October delivery rose to settle at ...
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a listing arm of the country's largest offshore oil producer, CNOOC, recorded 1.1 billion yuan (145.2 million U.S. dollars) in net profits for the first half, a growth of 63.4 percent over the same period last ...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 -- CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd, a unit of China's fourth-largest oil producer, reported yesterday that profit rose 14 percent in the first half as the nation's demand for energy and resources increased. Net income climbed to 138.3 million HK dollars (18 million ...
BEIJING, Sept. 24 -- China Shenhua Energy Co, the nation's largest coal producer, plans to raise 66.6 billion yuan (8.9 billion U.S. dollars) to fund expansion in what may be the nation's biggest share sale this year. The company will sell as many as 1.8 billion shares for ...
HOUSTON (ICIS news)--US base oils buyers are calling for a change in how future contract prices will be determined, industry participants said on Thursday. We have told sellers at NPRA that we want a new pricing structure, which may result in a base oils price that is not just a ...
BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- China announced Tuesday the setting up of a national oil reserve center, the top economic planning agency confirmed. China started a state strategic oil reserve base program in 2004 as a way to offset oil supply risks and reduce the impact of ...
NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil prices fell on Thursday on growing U.S. economic problems and rising fuel inventories. Light crude for March delivery settled down 58 cents at 91.75 U.S. dollars, erasing some earlier losses that sent prices down to 89.58 as the U.S. stock ...
CME Group is looking to sweeten its proposed cash and stock offer to acquire the New York Mercantile Exchange because recent declines in the share prices of both have shaved more than $1 billion off the original value of the deal, the Financial Times reported Monday. The FT, ...
After nearing a record US$106 a barrel, oil prices have stabilized. Stability was achieved as investors reacted to a surprise drop in US crude supplies and a fresh drop in dollar values against the euro. OPEC's decision to maintain output and rising tensions on Venezuela's border ...
The value of yuan strengthened as the central parity rate of Renminbi, China's currency, was set at 6.6593 per U.S. dollar Friday, compared with Thursday's 6.6635, according to the data released by the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. At present, the yuan is allowed to ...
Chinese shares opened lower Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.05 percent to 2,896.77 at the opening. The Shenzhen Component Index dropped 0.01 percent to open at 12,794.01.
China's stock index futures opened mixed Friday. The contract for settlement in December, the most actively traded, opened 0.6 points higher at 3,238.8. The January 2011 contract opened 4 points higher at 3,279 while the contract for settlement in March 2011 opened at 3,325, down ...
ChiNext stocks declined 0.17 percent, or 2.1 points, to open at 1,222.93 points Friday. The index, officially launched on June 1 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has a base value of 1,000 points. The ChiNext Index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and the Shenzhen SME ...
China's stocks fell for a second day, led by banks and metal producers, on concern the government's efforts to tame inflation by slowing lending and raising inflation rates will reduce earnings. China Construction Bank Corp and Bank of China Ltd paced losses for lenders after the ...
The ChiNext Index, launched by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) on June 1, rose 13.23 points, or 1.09 percent, to close at 1,225.03 on Thursday. The index, together with the Shenzhen Component Index and the Shenzhen SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) Board Index, makes up ...
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