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Libya oil output at 4-year high loosens OPEC grip on supply

Bloomberg Libya’s oil production has climbed to more than 1 million barrels a day for the first time in four years, further complicating OPEC’s struggle to regain control of the oil market. The North African country is pumping 1.005 million barrels a day, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, who asked not to be identified because ...

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Bets on oil rout peaking as shale boom falters

Bloomberg Oil short-sellers have been on a roll, but their bets on declining prices may have begun to hit a wall. Hedge-fund wagers on lower West Texas Intermediate crude reached the highest level since August in the week ended June 27, after more than doubling in two months, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. The bearish bets increased at ...

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Egypt attracts $9.8bn foreign investment

CAIRO / Reuters Egypt attracted almost a nine-fold increase in foreign investment in domestic debt instruments in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the finance ministry said. Appetite for Egypt’s domestic debt has increased since the central bank floated the currency in November as part of an International Monetary Fund lending programme aiming to revive the economy. For the 2016/17 fiscal year, ...

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