Shell buoyed by hopes for heftier index weighting
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Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell have risen in Amsterdam and London, lifted by speculation that investors will increase their holdings in the stock to reflect its unified structure.
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Stocks headed for a higher open on Thursday, buoyed by a government report suggesting strength in the labor market and optimism about government and central bank efforts to boost the economy.
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Shares rallied on speculation that global demand for commodities and higher raw-material prices may fuel more takeovers.
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Oil giant BP reports buoyant trading in the third quarter, with production up by 11%, on the back of soaring crude prices.
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Shares look set to open higher on Thursday with economic data dominating investors' agenda as the oil price hits a two-month high.
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Shell has pledged to spend more cash on finding oil and gas over the next three years as the world&#39;s No.3 oil company admitted that its production was likely to be flat until 2009.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group unveiled another, bigger-than-expected, cut in oil reserves on Thursday but tempered the news by announcing record profits and plans for higher dividends and share buybacks.
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Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported a 40 percent rise in second-quarter earnings Thursday, helped by high oil prices.
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LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell Group confirmed Wednesday a plan to sell as much as $12 billion in assets, spend as much as $45 billion on new projects, and consider making some acquisitions as the company tries to bolster its oil and natural gas production.
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A STRONG forecast for commodities lifted an otherwise lacklustre share market yesterday, with the all ordinaries index rising 8.1 points to 3919.5.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSa.L) posted a  2.6 percent rise in underlying profits on Thursday, beating  analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil  prices.
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BP and Shell are on track to unveil record quarterly profits helped by surging world oil prices, press reports claim.
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Shares rose the most in about a month yesterday as investors bet that falling oil prices would propel consumer spending and lift corporate profits while easing inflation.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the third largest publicly traded oil company, plans to raise spending to $15 billion a year, sell assets and cut costs in a bid to regain investor confidence after overstating oil reserves for six years.
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Royal Dutch/Shell announced plans to boost investment in exploration and production, making the replacement of its reserves a top priority as it seeks to restore battered investor confidence.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Outlining an expectation for higher oil prices and increasing demand, Royal Dutch/Shell on Wednesday said it&#39;s lifting project spending to $45 billion over the next three years.
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Oil prices up toward $45 a barrel are  likely to mar sentiment on Wall Street on Wednesday, but solid  earnings from software giant Oracle ORCL.O looks set to  support the technology sector.