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Commodity wrap: gold hits record $5,300, silver tops $116, oil surges on storm disruption

It is one record after another for gold. The yellow metal cleared the $5,200 as well as the $5,300 marks on Wednesday for the first time in history as the rally continued.  Silver prices on COMEX also kept up the charge as the metal breached $116 for the first time ever.  Additionally, oil prices also

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Venezuela questions hover as Oil majors get to ready to report earnings

When they address analysts on Friday, executives from Exxon Mobil and Chevron will likely face a host of questions about Venezuela. This change in emphasis comes after the US apprehended and overthrew Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month, a significant geopolitical event that made it possible, though challenging, for large US oil companies to

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Commodity wrap: gold smashes $5,600, silver tops $120, Brent jumps as prices go parabolic

Gold prices breached $5,600 per ounce for the first time on Thursday on rising safe-haven demand for the metal. Silver topped $120 per ounce on COMEX as prices continued to skyrocket, hitting a series of record highs. On Thursday, Brent oil futures prices soared, reaching a four-month peak. The March contract of Brent hit $70

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Venezuela opens oil sector to privatization in sharp break from socialist rule

Venezuela has taken a dramatic step away from two decades of socialist orthodoxy, approving legislation that opens its oil industry to privatization and foreign control, in a move that could reshape the country’s economy and reinsert it into global energy markets. The National Assembly voted on Thursday to overhaul the nation’s energy law, dismantling rules

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Exxon Q4 preview: Crude price headwinds to hit Exxon’s upstream earnings

Exxon Mobil Corporation is scheduled to release its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025 before the market opens on January 30.  Market expectations, as reflected by the Zacks Consensus Estimate, place the company’s earnings at $1.68 per share for the quarter.  The figure represents a slight year-over-year improvement of 0.6% from the earnings

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Analyst estimates predict revenue and EPS dip for Chevron’s critical Q4 result

Oil giant Chevron Corporation, the only US company currently producing oil in Venezuela, is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the market opens on Friday.  Its operations in Venezuela are expected to be a key point of discussion, offering one of the first glimpses into the opportunity within the country for the sector. With

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ExxonMobil’s full-year profit dips on crude prices despite Q4 refining strength

Exxon Mobil Corp achieved fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that narrowly surpassed Wall Street expectations, largely fueled by robust results in its refining segment and all-time high output from significant growth assets. Despite this strong quarter, the energy behemoth’s overall profit for the full year decreased compared to 2024, primarily due to the adverse effects of depressed

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Commodity wrap: volatility reins as gold, silver, copper tumble on hawkish Fed chair news

As if the volatility in commodity markets this week was not enough, gold, silver, and copper experienced free falls on Friday as investors rushed to book profits after prices had hit record highs earlier this week. Gold prices slumped more than 5%, and fell below $5,000 briefly, while silver’s decline was more brutal as the

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ExxonMobil’s full-year profit dips on crude prices despite Q4 refining strength

Exxon Mobil Corp achieved fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that narrowly surpassed Wall Street expectations, largely fueled by robust results in its refining segment and all-time high output from significant growth assets. Despite this strong quarter, the energy behemoth’s overall profit for the full year decreased compared to 2024, primarily due to the adverse effects of depressed

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Toyota tops global auto sales in 2025 as hybrids offset US tariff pressure

Toyota Motor retained its position as the world’s top-selling automaker in 2025, reporting record vehicle sales despite ongoing disruption from US tariffs and intensifying global competition. The Japanese carmaker said on Thursday that sales of Toyota and its Lexus luxury brand rose 3.7% from a year earlier to 10.5 million vehicles. That comfortably exceeded deliveries

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