Bloomberg Oil traded near $40 a barrel before weekly U.S. government stockpile data and after falling into a bear market on concern the global supply glut will persist. Futures added 0.4 percent in New York after dropping below $40 on Monday for the first time since April. While crude and gasoline inventories are forecast to have declined, they will …

  Bloomberg Oil closed in a bear market, but don’t abandon hope. Analysts are looking beyond the current slide to next year for a rebound. Crude has plunged by more than a fifth in less than two months as refineries created a glut of gasoline while failing to eliminate excess supply of crude. That wrecked refining margins and hurt the …

  Bloomberg Kuwait’s government approved an increase in prices of gasoline sold locally by as much as 83 percent, becoming the latest oil-rich Arab nation to cut subsidies as lower crude prices squeeze finances. The OPEC member will raise the price of the lowest octane gasoline by 42 percent to 85 fils per liter (30 cents) starting September, local media …