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For several asset classes, 2024 was a remarkable year: Bitcoin rose to historical highs, gold recorded its best performance in the last 14 years, and the US dollar rose due to the evolution of the US economy, according to an analysis by...

The prospect of far-right populist candidate Călin Georgescu winning the presidential elections brought massive drops to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices, in a month in which political instability in our country meant that the results...

In 2024, two reports were published, prepared at the request of the European Commission. The first report, coordinated by Enrico Letta, is entitled "More than a Market" and refers to the transformation of the single market into a true...

Natural resources are the backbone of modern industry, needed to produce everything that surrounds us, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis, which highlights a Top 10 countries in terms of the estimated value of these resources.

The Department of Analysis and Market Strategies of the brokerage house Goldring maintains its price target for the share of OMV Petrom (SNP) in the range of 0.78 - 0.82 lei, estimated in the spring, according to a report published at the end of...

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

The upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), which started in the middle of last year, stalled in the third quarter, in contrast to the evolution of most western markets, which points to internal causes for the weak...

Crude oil futures have risen in recent weeks on international exchanges amid heightened geopolitical tensions and high market volatility, according to analysts at JPMorgan Commodities Research, who believe Brent oil prices could reach an average...

The European Central Bank (ECB) will probably cut interest rates at the monetary policy meeting in October, says Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the ECB Governing Council, quoted by La Repubblica publication, Bloomberg reports.

Oil futures quotes rose by around 3% yesterday, on the international stock exchanges, against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East, as concerns are fueled that Iran's military attack against Israel could lead to new...

Major global investment banks are cutting their forecasts for oil prices this year and next as supply is expected to remain tight while the outlook for demand growth is weak.

Oil prices fell earlier this week to a level not seen since December 2021 after Brent crude fell 8% last week, according to Business Insider.

The diesel markets in China and India, responsible for most of the Asian demand profile, are showing signs of slowing down, which could create new problems for crude oil prices, reports Bloomberg.

The long-term upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) entered a corrective phase in August, primarily due to the contagion with foreign markets that suffered a severe fall at the beginning of the month. The BET index, of...

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

Petrolul şi produsele realizate din această materie primă reprezintă, în medie, 30% din exporturile globale de mărfuri, evaluate la 1,5 trilioane de dolari anual, conform unei analize visualcapitalist.com.

Oil and products made from this raw material represent, on average, 30% of global merchandise exports, valued at 1.5 trillion dollars annually, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis.

The member states of the European Union have financed the Kremlin regime with almost 200 billion euros, from the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine until now, through the lens of fossil fuels purchased directly or indirectly from the Russian...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday kept its forecast for global oil demand unchanged in 2024, but downgraded estimates for 2025, citing the impact of Chinese consumption, according to Reuters.

The main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) marked a succession of new historical records in the first half of the year, in a general international context conducive to risky assets, boosted by internal elements such as the financial...

The boom in US oil production will continue for at least the next eighteen months, according to Goldman Sachs, writes Business Insider.

Monetary policy, geopolitical events and economic conditions - among other factors - significantly influence developments in the foreign exchange market, and the US dollar (USD) was the best-performing currency in the last decade (2014-2023),...

• "The company's position in the energy sector is very well consolidated, operating in every segment of this field", say the brokerage house's analysts 

The Russian government is analyzing the possibility of banning diesel exports, due to the increase in prices on the domestic market, informs an article published yesterday in the Kommersant financial daily, which cites several official sources,...

The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania decided on Friday July 5, 2024 decrease in the monetary policy interest rate to 6.75% per annum, from 7% per annum, starting from July 8, 2024, decrease in the interest rate for the credit...

Raiffeisen Bank changes the recommendation for Conpet shares (COTE) from "Hold" to "Sell" and lowers the price target for the oil product transporter's shares to 80 lei in the next twelve months, 9% below yesterday's...

The port operator Oil Terminal (OIL) achieved, in the first quarter of the year, a net profit of 28.4 million lei, 21.6% higher than in the same period of the previous year, while the turnover net profit amounted to 112.6 million lei, up 31.5%,...

Iran's currency, the rial, is volatile as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East were fueled by Tehran's attack on Israel late Saturday in response to an alleged Israeli attack earlier this month.

Preţul futures al petrolului brut a scăzut ieri, pe pieţele externe, în condiţiile în care inflaţia persistentă din SUA diminuează optimismul privind reducerea dobânzilor. Totuşi, cotaţiile de pe piaţa de profil se menţin aproape de nivelul maxim...

Crude oil futures fell in foreign markets yesterday as lingering US inflation dampened interest rate cut optimism. However, stock market quotes are holding close to six-month highs as investors consider a potential attack on Israel by Iran,...

OMV Petrom (SNP), the largest energy company in Southeast Europe, reduced its hydrocarbon production by 4% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2023, according to published preliminary operational results, yesterday, on...

Commodity prices will rise this year as U.S. and European central banks cut interest rates, helping to support industrial and consumer demand, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Dumitru Chisăliţă, president of the Intelligent Energy Association, says that it is a good thing that our country has become a net exporter of electricity, but unfortunately we export at low prices and import at high prices, a fact that is...

The energy system in Romania showed high dynamics during the past year, with an increase in net national energy production of 3%, mainly due to increased hydraulics. This increase, along with the decrease in energy consumption by 4.9%, as a...

The commodities trading industry had the second best year in its history in terms of profits in 2023, posting earnings of more than $100 billion while accumulating significant liquidity that can be spent on asset acquisitions or entering new...

Midia Marine Terminal (MMT), companie membră a Grupului KMG International (Rompetrol), a depăşit numărul de 700 de nave operate la terminalul marin offshore, aflat la 8,6 km în largul Mării Negre, conform unui comunicat de presă remis Redacţiei....

U.S. oil production has topped every historical record for six years in a row, and the latest record set last year is unlikely to be surpassed by any other competing producer in the near term, according to the U.S. Energy Information...

The slowdown of the world's major economies, lower demand for crude oil from China, lower production and the possibility of supply shocks are elements that will define the oil market this year, according to experts quoted by the international...

Two years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia still faces an unprecedented number of economic sanctions, has been shut out of major global financial services and has had around 260 billion euros of central bank assets frozen.

• February 23, 2022