Markets & Economy

By Salma El Wardany Egypt’s Eni SpA-operated Zohr natural gas field has started production, bringing the country closer to its...

Jemima Kelly LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin blasted to another all-time high of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday,...

By Olga Tanas and Anna Andrianova The Bank of Russia surprised the market with a cut in its key rate...

The Meghri Free Economic Zone was officially launched today. Addressing the event, Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan...

The natural gas market in Europe suddenly got a lot tighter this week, with two unexpected supply outages wreaking havoc...

As one of the world’s top energy importers, China has successfully completed its fifth dry run in yuan-backed oil futures...

By Stuart Burns Natural gas has long been promoted as a less-polluting alternative to coal and less-costly alternative to nuclear...

By Irina Slav The OPEC meeting in Vienna last month was, despite all the hype, always going to be a...

By Nick Cunningham For the second month in a row, the IEA has poured cold water onto the oil market,...

By Irina Slav The world’s biggest public oil company is facing a challenge: it needs to continue to grow in...

By Nick Cunningham Goldman Sachs continues to ratchet up predictions for commodities, laying out a bullish case for commodities of...

By Rich Miller and Alessandro Speciale Central bankers are gingerly trying to take away the punch bowl without interrupting the...

David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization failed to conclude any new agreements at its biennial meeting this...

Here’s a look at what’s inside the New York showroom—and what’s very visibly missing. By Anne Riley Moffat and Brian...

David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - The surprise victory by Democrats in Tuesday’s Alabama election for a U.S. senator is...

Walt Disney has agreed to buy the bulk of 21st Century Fox's business for $52.4bn (£39bn), in a deal both...

By Grant Smith The two most critical forecasts of global oil markets offer contrasting visions for 2018: one in which...

Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil markets were stable on Friday as the Forties pipeline outage in the North Sea...

Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares erased earlier modest gains on Friday but were still on track for a...

Despite all the hype surrounding bitcoin, there are virtual currencies that have seen an even more astounding rise in value....