Oil hovers around $75
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Oil hovered near $75 on Wednesday but  remained within sight of an all-time high ahead of U.S. data  expected to show a further tightening of crude stocks in the  world&#39;s top consumer.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at  about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders  took profits from a record rally that saw crude prices spike to  over $100 a barrel.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders took profits from a record rally that saw crude prices spike to over $100 a barrel.
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Oil steadied at a seven-day high of   just under $63 a barrel on Thursday, following the previous   day's $2 leap as traders awaited clearer signs from OPEC on   whether it would cut output to counter swelling U.S. stocks.
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NEW YORK - Stocks moved slightly higher Friday as investors tried to uncouple share prices from skyrocketing oil costs, helped in afternoon trading by falling oil prices that had earlier reached new highs and flirted with $50 per barrel.    A barrel of light crude was quoted at $48.42, down 28 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange after hitting a record intraday high earlier in the session at $49.40...
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Oil prices held steady above $48 on  Friday as the U.S. government said it would lend refiners crude  from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), but traders deemed  the loan too small to have a lasting impact.
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Oil held above $74 a barrel on Friday  on concerns about escalating violence in the Middle East after  Israel called up reservists in what could be a ground offensive  against Hizbollah guerrillas.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost &#36;2 a day earlier on news U.S. crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held firm, close to $47 a  barrel on Wednesday after U.S. data showed the disruption  caused by Hurricane Ivan had eaten into fuel stocks.
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Oil prices climbed toward $47 a barrel  on Thursday after bullish fuel stocks data in the United States  and a series of production hitches across the globe.
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Oil prices held firm above $47 a  barrel as worries about a possible cut to OPEC production  curbed fears of a slowdown in second-quarter demand.
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Oil prices simmered near $55 a barrel  on Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel supply crunch and  robust but slowing economic growth in China, the world's number  two user.
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Oil steadied above $62 on Friday,   supported by signals that some OPEC producers may trim output   to stem a price decline caused by ample U.S. inventories.
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Oil edged lower towards $77 a barrel on Monday, with the market keenly watching the actions of funds after OPEC expressed concern over near record prices and pledged to pump more crude if needed.
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Oil prices rise to hover around $61 a barrel, following a severe snow storm in the US and increasing tensions with Iran.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders took profits from a record rally that propelled crude prices to over $100 a barrel.
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GLOBAL oil prices continued to climb yesterday, recovering from a prolonged fall earlier in the day, as the US hinted that it might lend oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset a short-term disruption to imports.