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OPEC Production Cut Fails to Inspire Oil Market; Oil Drops to Four-Year Low
Oil prices fell again yesterday (Wednesday) – dropping below $40 for the first time in four years – as weak demand and growing inventories overshadowed a record cut in production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell $3.54 to settle at $40.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange – the lowest level since 2004. Oil futures actually traded as low as $39.88 during the day yesterday. The slide came in spite of an announcement by OPEC that the cartel would cut its production quotas by 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd),…
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- The World Trade Organization (WTO) has published a new draft of plans for a global trade deal that will be discussed the next time world trade ministers meet, BBC News reported. Although the plan doesn’t change existing tariff or subsidy cuts, it does offer some compromises and clarifies some key “sticking…
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