Bloomberg Oil steadied near $56 a barrel as hints of a trade detente between the US and China, along with the prospect of monetary stimulus, buoyed financial markets. Futures were little changed in New York after settling 2.4% higher on Monday. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said America will delay restrictions on some of China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s business ...

Bloomberg Iran is about to burn a lot more fuel oil as a result of US sanctions and new global shipping rules, reversing the nation’s progress in switching to cleaner-burning natural gas. Power plants and other industrial facilities will burn more than 200,000 barrels a day of highly polluting fuel oil next year, double the amount Iran used in 2018, ...

Bloomberg After years pouring funds into the shale boom, bond buyers are getting increasingly selective as defaults rise and many explorers continue to burn more cash than they make. While Exxon Mobil Corp. and Occidental Petroleum Corp. have recently sold a combined $20 billion of investment-grade debt, junk rated issuers are getting a far different market reception. High-yield energy companies ...