COMMODITIES

Ongoing violence in eastern Ukraine and threat of deeper sanctions put upward pressure on oil prices

OPEC production surveys for April produce contradictory results.

London bullion market to be shut on 5 May for bank holiday.

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Gazprom could cut supplies to Ukraine as early as this summer.

EU Energy Commissioner said the bloc should demand a single price from Russian gas giant Gazprom.

First part of five year loan will be delivered to Pakistan in the next week

Lebanese Socialist Party leader calls for cannabis cultivation to be legalised to boost farmers' incomes.

Brent crude slipped after data suggested the world's biggest oil consumers were slowing down.

Rouble depreciation led to falling income and profits in the first quarter.

Cairo owes foreign oil companies billions of dollars as economy struggles to recover from political turmoil

Ukraine's economy shrunk in the first quarter of 2014 as political turmoil engulfed the country.

Sergei Lavrov says sanctions are work of 'weak politicians trying to blame others'

Crisis in Russia and further lawsuits ensure British Petroleum unlikely to know stability for a while.

Sanctions by Washington are highly personal attack on Russian president

International Monetary Fund report slashes growth prospects for eastern Europe amid an 'unusual constellation of risks'.

Gazprom warns deeper sanctions could lead to Europe's gas supplies being cut off.

Kiev to seek compensation in European Court of Human Rights over losses incurred over Crimea

Ukraine's Naftogaz is taking court action against Russia'a Gazprom over the price hikes.

White House and EU announce fresh Russia sanctions targets over failure to implement Geneva agreement.

The United States and the European Union could impose sanctions as early as Monday.

Commerzbank says not much of a cushion available in case of further oil supply outages.

Traders await US Federal Reserve FOMC statement and US nonfarm payrolls data.

President Vladimir Putin thinks so, but how would it fare outside the global system?

China holds more technically extractable shale gas reserves than the US.

The Iranian government has slashed the subsidy on fuel as prices increased by as much as 75%

Standard and Poor's ratings agency downgrades Russian debt but economic impact will be limited

Russia's third biggest bank has moved $7bn to the Russian central bank, as the country's lenders look to repatriate funds.

Barclays, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and Societe Generale under FCA scrutiny.

Energy holding company Turcas is in negotiations to purchase natural gas from Israel's Leviathan field.