Heating and power plant fuel traded for as much as $195 per mmBtu in Southern California
Rising inflation expectations, Wood believes, is one of the reasons that will boost cyclical trades going ahead, and the best way to play this is via bank and oil-related stocks
The Brent benchmark had risen in the previous nine sessions, its longest sustained period of gains since January 2019
Brent crude was up 72 cents, or 1.2%, at $59.56
Brent crude futures climbed 45 cents, or 0.8%, to $59.28 a barrel, after hitting a high of $59.32, its highest since Feb. 20 last year. Brent is on track to rise 6% this week
Brent crude gained 17 cents to $58.63 a barrel
Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after the meeting ended and benchmark Brent crude traded as high as $58.74 a barrel, the highest since late February 2020
Oil prices edged higher after a weak start, holding on to the past three months of gains, although patchy vaccine rollouts, new infections and the discovery of new variants are keeping a lid on prices
Brent crude futures were up 8 cents, or 0.1%, at $55.89 a barrel by 1331 GMT, having hit a session low of $55.31
Brent crude was up 32 cents, or 0.6%, at $56.20 by 1433 GMT, while US crude rose 22 cents, or 0.4%, to $52.99.
Brent crude was down 15 cents at $55.73 by 0135 GMT, having risen nearly 1% on Monday. U.S. crude was also lower, dropping 5 cents to $52.72 oil is caught between lingering doubts over any recovery in
Brent crude futures for March fell 15 cents, or 0.3%, to $55.26, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for March was at $52.19 a barrel, down 8 cents, or 0.2%
Brent crude was up 53 cents, or 1%, at $56.43 a barrel
Sectorally, all except Nifty FMCG index ended the day in the green on the NSE with the FMCG index closing down 0.16 per cent
Both benchmarks, which hit their highest in nearly a year earlier in the week, were are heading for their first weekly declines in three weeks
Oil prices were mixed as strong import data from China, the world's biggest crude importer, that boosted sentiment earlier ran into concerns about Chinese cities in lockdown due to coronavirus
Brent's six-month backwardation, whereby contracts for later delivery are cheaper, fell to its lowest since Jan. 5, indicating bullish sentiment easing
The next milestone for Brent prices is a rise above $60, a level not seen since late January 2020.
Saudi Arabia plans to cut output by an extra 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in February and March to keep inventories in check