Pasca Gagalnya Pembicaraan di Doha Jadikan Minyak Menetap Di bawah $ 40

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Minyak berjangka menetap lebih rendah pada hari Senin setelah produsen utama gagal untuk menyepakati tentang pengetatan produksi guna menahan pasokan, namun harga minyak pangkas banyak kerugian sebelumnya menyusul berita bahwa produksi minyak di Kuwait telah lebih dari setengahnya karena aksi mogok para buruh.

Minyak mentah West Texas Intermediate (WTI) untuk pengiriman bulan Mei menetap di level $ 39,78 per barel, turun 58 sen atau 1,4 % di New York Mercantile Exchange. Yang merupakan level terendah sejak 8 April lalu, tetapi harga minyak telah mengalami penurunan lebih besar pada Senin dini hari, anjlok sebanyak 6, 8% untuk diperdagangkan di level terendahnya $ 37,61.

Sementara itu, minyak mentah Brent untuk pengiriman Juni di ICE bursa Futures London juga mengurangi banyak kerugian untuk berakhir turun 19 sen atau 0,4 %, berada di level $ 42,91 per barel setelah sebelumnya di level $ 40,10 terendah. (knc)

Sumber : Market Watch

Gold Swings as Traders Weigh Oil Losses Against Rising Equities

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Gold swung between gains and losses Monday as a selloff in oil and advances in equities left investors contemplating the metal’s appeal as an alternative asset.

Negotiations in Doha between OPEC members and other oil producers ended without an agreement to limit supplies, a diplomatic failure that threatens to renew a rout in prices and boost gold’s appeal as a haven asset. Equities gained amid better-than-forecast earnings from Morgan Stanley and Hasbro Inc.

Gold has climbed 16 percent this year amid financial-market tumult and concerns over the outlook for global economic growth. Money managers increased their wagers on a price rally to the highest since 2012, taking their optimism to a level last seen before a three-year bear market started.

Gold futures for June delivery climbed less than 0.1 percent to settle at $1,235 an ounce at 1:45 p.m. on the Comex in New York, headed for a second day of gains.

The net-long position in gold futures and options jumped 13 percent to 184,218 contracts in the week ended April 12, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released three days later.

Source : Bloomberg

Hong Kong Shares Fall, in line with others, as oil prices drop

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Hong Kong stocks tracked regional markets lower on Monday, with risk appetites reduced by a tumble in crude oil futures after exporters failed to reach agreement on production cuts.

The Hang Seng index fell 0.7 percent, to 21,161.50, while the China Enterprises Index lost 1.3 percent, to 9,090.85 points.

Energy shares led main indexes lower, as oil prices fell sharply in response to disappointing results from the weekend meeting.

Some 18 oil exporting nations gathered in Doha, Qatar, in an attempt to agree on stabilising output at January levels until October 2016. The deal fell apart after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in.

Source : Reuters

U.S. Stocks Rose as Investors Look to Earnings, Oil Trims Slide

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U.S. stocks advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising above the 18,000 level for the first time since July, as investors shook off oil’s losses on failed output talks and looked toward a bevy of corporate earnings this week.

Hasbro Inc. surged nearly 6 percent to a record, buoying sentiment after its results beat expectations, thanks in part to demand for Walt Disney Co.’s “Star Wars”-licensed toys. Disney added 2.9 percent. Energy producers rallied as crude trimmed declines that had reached as much as 6.8 percent. Morgan Stanley was little changed after fluctuating between gains and losses as cost cuts helped the firm report a better-than-forecast profit.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.7 percent to 2,094.35 at 4 p.m. in New York, the highest since Dec. 1.

Source : Bloomberg

U.S. Stocks Climb as Investors Look to Earnings, Oil Trims Slide

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U.S. stocks advanced, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average topping the 18,000 level for the first time since July, as investors shook off oil’s losses on failed output talks and looked toward this week’s bevy of corporate earnings.

Hasbro Inc. surged 5.4 percent to a record, buoying sentiment after its results beat expectations thanks in part to demand for Walt Disney Co.’s “Star Wars”-licensed toys. Disney added 2.6 percent. Energy producers rose the most in a week as crude trimmed its declines. Morgan Stanley fluctuated between gains and losses after cost cuts helped the firm report a better-than-forecast profit.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.6 percent to 2,092.18 at 12:43 p.m. in New York, to the highest since Dec. 4. The Dow rose 102.25 points, or 0.6 percent, to 17,99.71, on track for a nine-month high. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 0.3 percent. Trading in S&P 500 shares was 11 percent below the 30-day average for this time of day.

Source : Bloomberg