Oil surges 2.5 percent, soothes cyber nerves

People are reflected in a screen displaying the Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo

A bounce in oil and other commodities prodded stock markets higher on Monday, cushioning the hit to sentiment from a successful missile test by North Korea and a cyber attack that locked 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries. In Europe, another victory for Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a regional election in Germany also helped […]

Oil rises after Saudis, Russia agree supply cut to be extended

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih

Oil prices jumped 1.5 percent on Monday after the energy ministers of the world’s two biggest producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that a crude production cut would be extended from the middle of this year until March 2018. Brent crude was at $51.58 per barrel at 0621 GMT, up 74 cents, or 1.46 […]