Wide spread between WTI and Brent crude takes hold – MarketWatch (blog)Posed On February 17th, 2012

 
Wide spread between WTI and Brent crude takes hold MarketWatch (blog) A wide spread between futures prices for West Texas Intermediate crude traded in New York and Brent crude traded in London has taken hold. The spread between the two oil contracts stood at nearly $18 a barrel by Thursday’s close, more than double the and more »
 

Gold Vs. Platinum: How to Play Heavy Metals – Smartmoney.comPosed On January 8th, 2012

 
Gold Vs. Platinum: How to Play Heavy Metals Smartmoney.com In stocks, this kind of wagering is called a “pairs trade.” With commodities, a trading spread. Spread trading involves a different mentality than more traditional speculation, most notably because it involves two separate trades. and more »
 

Oil trades near two-week high on bank liquidity move, US economy outlook – Bloomberg UTVPosed On December 1st, 2011

Moneycontrol.com
Oil trades near two-week high on bank liquidity move, US economy outlook Bloomberg UTV If it starts to develop then you may see a restriction of Iranian oil supply to Europe and that could push the spread between WTI and Brent back out.” Crude for January delivery traded at $100.54 a barrel, up 18 cents, in electronic trading on the New Oil Futures Open 15 Cents Higher at $100.51 a Barrel in New York TradingBloomberg Oil inventories stay in back seat, Europe and Iran drivingFutures Magazine   all 600 news articles »
 

Copper at 1-Week High on EU Optimism, US Sales – Wall Street JournalPosed On November 29th, 2011

Bloomberg
Copper at 1-Week High on EU Optimism, US Sales Wall Street Journal spurred by signs of more decisive action by European policy makers to stem the spread of the region’s debt crisis and by record US holiday-weekend sales. The most actively traded copper contract, for December delivery, settled up 9.05 cents, Copper jumps on Europe hopesThe Australian   all 23 news articles »
 

Oil dips on economic concerns, spread selling – ReutersPosed On November 20th, 2011

Moneycontrol.com
Oil dips on economic concerns, spread selling Reuters Brent’s premium to US oil futures widened around $1.40 to over $10 a barrel as the US contract held flat, with traders taking profits on the spread after it narrowed $3 a barrel earlier in the week on news a pipeline reversal could draw down Midwest Negativity from Europe still dominating oil tradingInternational Business Times Oil ends below $99 as traders eschew riskMarketWatch Oil Falls From Five-Month High on Signs Europe Crisis SpreadingBusinessWeek Fox Business -Bloomberg all 2,086 news articles »
 

Corn vs. wheat spread widens – Agriculture.comPosed On September 12th, 2011

Agriculture.com
Corn vs. wheat spread widens Agriculture.com Around 0626 GMT, the most active CBOT December corn and wheat futures contracts were trading at $7.5075/bushel and $7.5050/bushel, respectively. Wheat normally trades at a premium of around 150-175 cents/bushel on CBOT, but the gap has narrowed since   and more »
 

US Cash Crude-Differentials up as spread hits record – Reuters AfricaPosed On September 7th, 2011

The Hindu
US Cash Crude-Differentials up as spread hits record Reuters Africa (Graphic of outrights at link.reuters.com/tyc63s) On futures markets about 1 pm EDT (1800 GMT), October Brent LCOV1 stood at $111.23, up $1.15, and October WTI CLV1 was trading at $84.45, off $2. The transatlantic spread at that point was $26.78 in Brent Crude Climbs 0.9% in London Trading; WTI Oil Rebounds in New YorkBloomberg Brent up on supply worry, US crude dips with equitiesReuters Crude Oil Futures Trim Losses After ISM ReportDaily Markets Briefing.com -Reuters Canada all 745 news articles »
 

OIL FUTURES: Brent-WTI Spread Hits Record After Market Rout – Wall Street JournalPosed On August 21st, 2011

Globe and Mail
OIL FUTURES: Brent-WTI Spread Hits Record After Market Rout Wall Street Journal The divergent trading pushed the spread between these global benchmarks to the widest level on record, with Europe’s Brent at one point trading at a $26.41 premium to US-traded WTI. The contracts historically trade within $1 of each other, Brent crude oil price firms to $109 in choppy trading weekLive Oil Prices Brent up on dollar drop, but equities limit riseReuters Africa The Underlying European Oil ContagionSeeking Alpha Platts -Bloomberg -Futures Magazine all 2,389 news articles »
 

5 Tools to Simplify Your Financial Trading – Sacramento BeePosed On July 16th, 2011

 
5 Tools to Simplify Your Financial Trading Sacramento Bee By City Index When it comes to financial trading, spread betting expert Sandy Jadeja is a strong believer in keeping things straightforward. “I don’t believe that the markets are random,” states the Chief Technical Analyst of City Index 5 Tools to Simplify Your Financial TradingPR Newswire (press release) Volatility and spread bettingEasier (press release) all 22 news articles »
 

Financial Trading and New IPOs – PR Newswire (press release)Posed On July 5th, 2011

 
Financial Trading and New IPOs PR Newswire (press release) Joshua Raymond of spread betting provider City Index (http://www.cityindex.co.uk/) weighs up the merits of speculating on new IPOs: “New IPOs can also be very hard to read,” states the Chief Market Strategist. “Technically, you simply cannot entertain and more »