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Iran's crude exports to its biggest customer, Asia, fell by a quarter in 2012 and shipments this year are expected to drop by at least 12 percent under U.S. sanctions pressure, but ample alternative supplies will keep refiners flush with oil.
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The selling came across markets, as the S&P 500 and other major stock indices traded lower. "The stronger dollar put some pressure on, and over the weekend the geopolitical risk may have gone down a bit, at least the rhetoric," said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago.
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*Middle East tensions fuel supply worries. LONDON, Feb 4- Brent crude oil fell below $116 per barrel on Monday, slipping from 4-1/ 2- month highs after three weeks of gains powered by signs of improving global economic growth and concern over geopolitical tension in the Middle East.
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*Middle East tensions fuel supply worries. LONDON, Feb 4- Brent crude oil consolidated around $116 per barrel on Monday, slipping from 4-1/ 2- month highs after three weeks of gains powered by signs of improving global economic growth and concern over geopolitical tension in the Middle East.
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Spot gold eased 0.1 percent to $1,664.55 an ounce by 1059 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for April delivery were down 0.3 percent to $1,665.50 an ounce. In Japan, benchmark gold on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange hit a record high on the back of a weak yen on expectations the Bank of Japan will continue loosening monetary policy.
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*Middle East tensions fuel supply worries. LONDON, Feb 4- Brent crude oil consolidated above $116 per barrel on Monday, not far off 4-1/ 2 month highs, on signs of improving economic growth in the United States and China and concern over geopolitical tension in the Middle East.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 4- Brent crude steadied above $116 per barrel on Monday, holding near a more than four-month high, as data from top consumers China and the United States reinforced a view that the global economy was headed for a modest uptick this year.
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CHICAGO, Feb 4- U.S. soybeans climbed more than 1 percent on Monday to a seven-week high on steady export demand and unfavorable weather in South America slowed the harvest in northern Brazil and threatened crops in Argentina.
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*Spot gold neutral in $1,657.54- $1,681.70/ oz- technicals. Investors remain fairly optimistic in the U.S. recovery, which makes gold less attractive, even though recent data is rather a mixed bag, "said Chen Min, an analyst at Jinrui Futures in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen."
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SINGAPORE, Feb 4- Brent crude steadied above $116 per barrel on Monday, holding near a more than four-month high, as data from top consumers United States and China reinforced a view that the global economy was headed for a modest uptick this year.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 4- The U.S. 10- year Treasury yield hit a nine-month high on Monday after jobs and manufacturing data on Friday showed the U.S. economy's recovery remained on track and helped lift equities to five-year highs.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 4- Gold ticked lower for a second session in three on Monday as a string of data pointing to a U.S. economy on the mend gave investors less reason to buy assets deemed as safe-haven. *Spot gold slipped $1.43 to $1,665.11 an ounce by 0056 GMT.
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SINGAPORE, Feb 4- U.S. crude futures steadied above $97 per barrel in early Asian trade on Monday after data from China and the United States last week reinforced expectations that economic growth in the world's two biggest energy consumers may be better this year than last.
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The company must chart a tough course: quickly launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end subscribers while restoring its tattered brand among the countries' status-conscious.
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NEW DELHI/ JAKARTA, Feb 4- Research in Motion Ltd must chart a tough course in its two key emerging markets of India and Indonesia: quickly launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end subscribers while restoring its tattered brand among the countries' status-conscious.
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"It's inevitable that that's going to be on the table," said Jake Colvin, vice president at the National Foreign Trade Council, which represents major U.S. exporters such as Boeing Co, Microsoft Corp and Caterpillar Inc..
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LONDON, Feb 1- Brent crude oil rose above $116 on Friday to reach a four-month high after a suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Ankara increased the focus on tension across the region. Brent futures for March rose $1.18 to a high of $116.73 a barrel, its highest since mid-September, before easing back to around $116.25 by 1500 GMT.
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*Middle East tension stokes supply worries. LONDON, Feb 1- Brent crude oil rose towards $116 on Friday, heading for a sixth consecutive week of gains on rising economic optimism and tension across the Middle East, the world's biggest oil region.
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LONDON, Feb 1- Gold firmed on Friday as a rise in stock markets and a slide in the dollar to 14- month lows against the euro helped it offset the previous session's drop, but the move was muted ahead of a monthly U.S. payrolls report.
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The euro rose more than 1 percent to hit 126.09 yen, its highest since April 2010, extending gains after breaking above an options barrier at 126 yen. Against the dollar, the euro also broke above a similar barrier at $1.3650 to hit $1.3671, its strongest since November 2011.
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LONDON, Feb 1- Copper rose on Friday as confidence in the outlook for global growth gathered pace, with investors awaiting a labour market report from the United States for further evidence of the health of the world's largest economy.