Bloomberg Iraq is on track for what may be the country’s highest monthly crude exports even as the Middle East nation supports moves to extend OPEC-led production cuts aimed at trimming bloated global inventories. Vessels hauling 62 million barrels of the nation’s crude departed ports in the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea in the first half of May, according to …

Bloomberg Algeria, the African oil producer that was instrumental in crafting OPEC’s historic output deal last year, said most participating nations back a nine-month extension of the cuts. “Most of the countries support the proposition of Russia and Saudi Arabia to extend,” Algerian Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa said in Moscow after talks with his Russian counterpart, Alexander Novak. Algeria also …

Bloomberg Brazilian equities plunged 10 percent before being halted as political crisis gripped the nation. Losses in US stocks were muted and the dollar rose for the first time in seven days as investors assessed the turmoil in Washington. The S&P 500 Index retreated 0.2 percent, with fresh revelations about undisclosed contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin adding …