Bloomberg Oil climbed, ending a week in which it swung by more than $20 a barrel after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled global markets and fueled fears of a supply crunch. Futures in New York and London were up about 3% on Friday. Brent, the global benchmark, has traded in the biggest range since the launch of the futures …

  Bloomberg Spot prices for North Asia’s liquefied natural gas surged to a record as Russian supply concerns intensified competition with Europe for available supply of the super-chilled fuel. The Japan-Korea Marker, the spot Asian LNG benchmark, jumped 23% to $59.672 per million British thermal units, according to S&P Global Platts, pulled higher by a historic rally in European gas …

  Bloomberg European natural gas surged to a record as supply fears were compounded by traders trying to avoid exposure to a key Russian player in the market. Benchmark futures rose as much as 60%, before easing. Gas and power traders are backing away from new deals with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd, according to people familiar with the matter. …

  Bloomberg Private investment into US clean-energy assets reached a record $105 billion last year as the country added an unprecedented amount of renewable-power capacity. The investment influx is 11% higher than 2020 and represents a 70% surge during the past five years, according to an annual report by BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. The private backing …

  Bloomberg Foreign aircraft lessors are facing the increasing possibility of writeoffs that could total in the billions of dollars as Russia considers ways to defy worldwide sanctions and keep carriers such as Aeroflot flying. Russia’s Transportation Ministry is weighing options including buying or even nationalizing hundreds of Airbus SE and Boeing Co planes that lessors have demanded be returned …

  Bloomberg Dassault Aviation SA threatened to pull out of developing a future European fighter jet with Airbus SE over a protracted dispute between the two defense suppliers over leadership of the project. Talks between the French company and the German and Spanish arms of Airbus have reached an impasse and an agreement on moving to the next phase “still …

Bloomberg Gap Inc gave an optimistic projection for the current year, saying its strategic moves are starting to pay off, even though the apparel maker’s fourth-quarter results missed estimates on several key measures. The shares rose in late trading. For the current fiscal year, which ends in January, the retailer is projecting earnings per share in the range of $1.95 …

Bloomberg Kroger Co shares jumped the most in almost 30 years after the company unveiled a profit forecast that signaled new gains on top of a two-year surge in demand for groceries sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Adjusted earnings in the current fiscal year will range between $3.75 and $3.85 a share, Kroger said. That handily exceeded the $3.44 average …

  Bloomberg US futures slid and European equities tumbled to a one-year low as war risks intensified after a Ukrainian nuclear power plant briefly caught fire. Contracts on US gauges signalled more losses for Wall Street as investors awaited the monthly jobs report. Europe’s Stoxx 600 benchmark fell nearly 3%, poised for its worst week since March 2020. An Asian …

  Bloomberg Asian stocks tumbled to their lowest since November 2020 as signs Russia’s attack on Ukraine is intensifying further roiled financial markets. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell as much as 1.8%, as Ukrainian officials said Russian forces have occupied the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after an attack that caused fire. The gauge is now down …