Crude Oil Sep 21 (CL=F)
| Pre. Settlement | N/A |
| Settlement Date | 2021-08-20 |
| Open | 68.06 |
| Bid | 68.41 |
| Last Price | 68.15 |
| Day's Range | 67.93 - 68.45 |
| Volume | 15,138 |
| Ask | 68.42 |
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Stock market news live updates: Stock futures drift higher ahead of jobless claims, earnings
Stock futures opened slightly to the upside Wednesday evening as investors awaited more earnings and data on the labor market's recovery.
- Reuters
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks hold gains, dollar strong on Fed official comments
Asian shares held on to recent gains in morning trading on Thursday, despite hawkish remarks from a senior official at the U.S. Federal Reserve, that boosted the dollar while weighing on risk appetite, and uncertainty about Chinese policy. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.22%, and Japan's Nikkei climbed 0.32%. Australia gained 0.18%, Chinese blue chips fell 0.28% and Hong Kong advanced 0.45%.
- Reuters
Oil prices rise on Mideast tensions; crude stock build caps gains
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, supported by tensions in the Middle East, but failed to regain most of the previous day's losses after a surprise build in crude stockpiles in the United States, the world's top oil consumer. Brent crude oil futures rose by 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $70.52 a barrel by 0132 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures increased by 18 cents, or 0.3%, to $68.33 a barrel. Israeli aircraft struck what its military said were rocket launch sites in south Lebanon early on Thursday in response to earlier projectile fire towards Israel from Lebanese territory.
