2022

(Reuters) – The Russian rouble strengthened to levels not seen since March 2018 against the dollar on Tuesday, boosted by export-focused companies selling foreign currency to pay taxes and shrugging off a slight easing of capital controls. The rouble has firmed about 30% against the dollar this year despite a full-scale economic crisis in Russia,…

By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar hit a fresh one-month low on Tuesday as the euro extended gains while a broad selloff in stock markets failed to boost the U.S. currency’s safe haven appeal. Against a basket of its rivals, the dollar fell 0.3% to 101.79, its lowest level since April 26. The…

By Jeffrey Dastin and Dmitry Zhdannikov DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Palantir Technologies Inc and global commodities trader Trafigura have set sights on a new market, their chief executives told Reuters on Monday: tracking carbon emissions for the oil, gas, refined metals and concentrates sector. The companies are building a platform for oil majors and other commodities…

LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays has fired the starting gun on a 1 billion pound share buy-back programme aimed at reducing its share capital after refiling accounts with U.S. authorities on Monday. The British lender was forced to resubmit its 20-F accounts after it discovered in March it had sold more than $15 billion of complex…

By Yuka Obayashi and Isabel Kua SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices fell by more than $1 on Tuesday as concerns over a possible recession and China’s COVID-19 curbs outweighed an expectation of tight global supply and a pick-up in fuel demand with the U.S. summer driving season. Brent crude futures for July fell $1.34, or 1.2%,…

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Tuesday as relief at a rally on Wall Street was punctured by a retreat in U.S. stock futures, while the euro held near one-month highs as odds narrowed on a July rate rise from the ECB. After ending Monday firmer, Nasdaq futures lost 1.5%, with…

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Some 62 million barrels of Russia’s flagship Urals crude oil, a record amount, are sitting in vessels at sea, data from energy analytics firm Vortexa showed, as traders struggled to find buyers for the crude. The United States and other countries have banned imports of Russian crude and oil products over its…

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will broaden tax credit rebates, postpone social security payments and loan repayments, roll out new investment projects and take other steps to support the economy, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the cabinet as saying on Monday. Chinese policymakers have pledged to step up support for the world’s second-biggest economy, hit by…

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A gas seller that supplied 7% of the eastern Australian market has collapsed due to soaring global gas prices, the first significant casualty in the country from the global gas supply crisis due to sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The Essential Services Commission on Tuesday suspended…