Tag Archives: International Energy Agency (IEA)

GCC Markets Positive Despite Recovery Concerns

Most GCC equity markets ended September in green despite concerns of economic recovery amid threat of second wave of Covid-19 and fall in oil prices, said the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) in its Monthly Markets Review report. The S&P GCC composite index gained 2.5%, with all markets except Abu Dhabi …

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OPEC+ to address Market Challenges

Amid growing ‘crude’ concerns, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) are preferring to keep their cards to the chest. After their virtual meeting last Thursday, the Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman underlined, ‘OPEC+ would take a pro-active and pre-emptive stance in addressing oil market …

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Oil Market more Fragile as Virus Hurts Demand

The outlook for global oil markets has grown “even more fragile” as a resurgent pandemic derails the recovery in demand, the International Energy Agency said. The IEA, which advises major economies, trimmed forecasts for fuel consumption for the rest of the year and predicted that oil inventories – which rebounded …

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