Oil hovers around $89 after Fed cut halts slide
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Oil steadied above $89 on Wednesday after an emergency Federal Reserve interest rate cut halted a global financial market sell-off but failed to fully dispel fears of recession in the world's biggest oil consumer.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at  about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders  took profits from a record rally that saw crude prices spike to  over $100 a barrel.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- Wall Street finished essentially flat Wednesday, with investors still confident the Federal Reserve will lower rates next week but treading cautiously as oil prices crossed $80 a barrel for the first time and the dollar extended its decline.
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Oil steadied near $66 a barrel on   Tuesday, with bargain-hunting traders ending a six-day retreat   after Iran sounded a softer note on its atomic program and OPEC   agreed to keep production steady for now.
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Oil prices held firm around $51 a  barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the  sluggish recovery in U.S. Gulf oil production and an  anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after  leaping almost $2 a day earlier as the U.S. government said  crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week and distillate  fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil fell below $88 a barrel on Wednesday as stock markets continued their decline, shrugging off a temporary reprieve from Tuesday's steep cut in U.S. interest rates amid persistent fears of a global economic slowdown.
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Oil rose on Tuesday as expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates again this week and OPEC would maintain output cuts offset concerns of a potential U.S. recession.
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Oil prices steadied on Friday after an eight percent rout driven by a surprise interest rate hike in China that raised doubts about demand from the world&#39;s second largest energy user.
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U.S. oil prices were steady on  Thursday, holding gains of nearly $2 from a day earlier after a  U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to their  lowest level in five months.
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Oil jumped to near $91 a barrel on  Friday, lifted by a broad stock market rally amid optimism  about a U.S. economic stimulus plan aimed at warding off a  recession in the world's top energy consumer.
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Oil bounced back above $70 on  Wednesday after touching a 10-week low the day before, halting  a steep two-day slide as traders looked ahead to an expected  decline in U.S. crude and gasoline stocks and fretted over  Iran.
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Now that oil prices are well into their descent, some analysts think it even more likely that the Fed will keep its foot off the brakes on Wednesday.
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Oil prices held firm around $51 per barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in US Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil steadied above $61 a barrel on   Tuesday as producer group OPEC kindled fears of production   cuts, saying oil's recent slide from record peaks had brought   prices too low.
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Oil held steady below $91 on Tuesday,  supported by hopes of a fresh cut in U.S. interest rates due to  its fragile economy, coupled with forecasts for a draw in  American distillate stocks and OPEC to maintain output levels.
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Near-record oil prices will slow  U.S. economic growth but won't be enough to derail a  self-sustaining expansion, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said  on Monday.