Bloomberg Crude prices around $50 a barrel are enough for Venezuela’s state oil producer to avoid a default on its debt, company president and national oil minister Eulogio Del Pino said in an interview. “$50 is enough,” he said on Bloomberg Television. The company’s average production cost is around $12 a barrel, he said. Petroleos de Venezuela SA will ...

  Bloomberg Oil gained for a second day above $48 a barrel as the dollar retreated, boosting the appeal of commodities priced in the U.S. currency. Futures rose as much as 1.3 percent in New York after climbing 3.8 percent. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell for a fourth day after closing at the lowest since June 9. Russian President ...

  Bloomberg The Colombian peso led losses among emerging-market currencies amid concern the U.K. will vote to leave the European Union and after the Latin American nation increased its fiscal deficit target. The currency pared its drop as bets on a so-called Brexit decreased. The peso retreated 1.3 percent to 3,015.95 per dollar in Bogota, after slumping as much as ...