SINGAPORE, June 5- Brent crude futures held above $103 a barrel on Wednesday, supported by an improved outlook for demand after South Korea boosted incentives for non- Middle East oil imports and data showed a surprise fall in U.S. crude stockpiles. Brent crude gained 6 cents to $103.30 a barrel by 0449 GMT, after settling up $1.18 in the previous session.
*Oil rises on word South Korea to offer import rebates. *Gold falls 1 pct as India restricts precious metal imports. Brent crude oil prices shook off early losses and rose more than $1 per barrel, as rumors spread that South Korea would create new incentives for refiners to import crude that could bolster demand.
NEW YORK, June 4- Brent crude oil prices rose in choppy trading on Tuesday, as players weighed concerns about weak demand against hopes for more central bank stimulus.
LONDON, June 4- Brent crude futures slipped below $102 a barrel on Tuesday as weak U.S. manufacturing data from the day before deepened worries about demand growth in the world's biggest oil consumer. Brent crude for July delivery slipped 18 cents to $101.88 a barrel by 1029 GMT, after settling $1.67 higher in the previous session.
LONDON, June 4- Brent crude futures slipped below $102 a barrel on Tuesday as weak U.S. manufacturing data from the day before stoked worries about demand growth in the world's biggest oil consumer. Brent crude for July delivery slipped 25 cents to $101.81 a barrel by 0838 GMT, after settling $1.67 higher in the previous session.
SINGAPORE, June 4- Brent crude futures slipped below $102 a barrel on Tuesday as weak U.S. manufacturing data stoked worries about demand growth in the world's biggest oil consumer. Brent crude for July delivery slipped 22 cents to $101.84 a barrel by 0442 GMT, after settling $1.67 higher in the previous session. U.S. oil fell 47 cents to $92.98 on Tuesday.
China factory activity shrinks, raising demand worries- PMI. NEW YORK, June 3- Crude oil futures rose on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday, reversing the previous session's losses, on the back of weak U.S. economic data that sent the dollar plunging and lifted oil prices.
NEW YORK, June 3- Brent crude oil futures rose on Monday, supported by a weak dollar and a supply outage in North Sea crude oil. Brent crude futures were $1.82 higher at $102.21 per barrel at 1:50 p.m. EDT, rebounding from a slip below $100 to $99.66 earlier in the session on weak Chinese data.
*China factory activity shrinks, raising demand worries- PMI. NEW YORK/ LONDON, June 3- Brent crude oil futures rose on Monday morning during trading in New York, supported by a weak dollar and a supply outage in North Sea crude oil. "I see the Buzzard field issue as leading the way with Brent pushing higher," said New York analyst Dominick Chirichella.
*NYMEX crude for July delivery was down 61 cents at $91.36 a barrel by 2243 GMT, after settling down $1.64 at $91.97 on Friday. *Hezbollah guerrillas fought a deadly battle with Syrian rebels in Lebanon's eastern border region early on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest eruption of Syria's conflict on Lebanese soil.
NEW YORK, May 31- Benchmark Brent crude oil futures closed down on Friday, posting a fourth straight monthly decline, and gold also posted daily and monthly declines as investors remained uneasy throughout May about whether the Federal Reserve will end its free flow of easy money. Copper and soybeans were two commodities that did gain in May.
No reason has been given yet for the departure of founder and executive chairman George Zimmer, reports CNBC's Courtney Reagan. Zimmer has long been the face of the company.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 10:52 AM ETCNBC's Rick Santelli, explains why he hears 'crickets" when he asks questions about Fed Chairman Bernanke's policies. "Enough is enough," he rants.
Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013 | 11:36 AM ETAre reporters lobbing "softball" questions at the Fed chairman? CNBC's Rick Santelli and the Wall Street Journal's Jon Hilsenrath, debate whether the economy continues to need quantitative easing. I'm trying to inform the public about what the Fed is up to, says Hilsenrath.