Oil prices steadied on Friday as investors paused for breath following a day of wild swings prompted by the prospect of coordinated action by the world’s major economies to release official crude reserves from stocks. Brent crude was up 28 cents or 0.3% at $81.52 a barrel by 0145 GMT, after falling to a six-week low on Thursday before rebounding to close 1.2% higher.
S&P 500 increases as equities complete a turbulent, but positive first quarter Stocks increased on Friday as the stock gauge closed out a volatile, though profitable, a quarter that saw
FTSE pares gains; food inflation in focus The FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 7,485.60. Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor, said: “It remains to be seen whether
CAC 40 Index Technical Analysis: Weekly Chart In the weekly charts, CAC 40 is trading in an up channel. CAC 40 is currently trading above the middle line of the