Asian shares rallied on Thursday, taking heart from a late recovery on Wall Street after U.S. politicans appeared near to a temporary deal to avert a federal debt default and as Russia reassured Europe on gas supplies, calming volatile markets.
In the past two decades, the benchmark Nifty has rallied in six out of the nine times when crude prices ran up. In the month after the rally, the stock benchmark gained on five out of the nine times. The losses on three out of the four times have been less than 2%.
Aramco was trading at around 37.6 riyals a share, or a few cents over $10 a share, by midday Wednesday before dipping to 37.2 riyals a share, or around $9.92 a share. It remains to be seen whether it can hold this rally until trading closes.
Some reports of a possible spill, a petroleum smell and an oily sheen on the waters off Huntington Beach came in Friday night but weren't corroborated and the pipeline's operator, Amplify Energy Corp., didn't report a spill until the next morning, authorities said.
The government is putting together a large plan to adopt green hydrogen as part of the energy transition and expects oil and fertiliser companies to lead it.
Asian shares dropped on Wednesday, reversing early gains, after an overnight rebound in U.S. and European stocks as investors shrugged off worries about a potential U.S. government debt default, while oil paused near new multi-year highs.
Indian bonds rose to a high of 6.28 percent and is poised to rise more if the RBI hints at tapering liquidity in the policy on Friday. The benchmark finally yielded 6.26 percent Tuesday a tad higher than a day earlier, show data from ETIG.
Oil marketing companies including Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Bharat Petroleum rose 2-3 per cent each. Reliance Industries and Indraprastha Gas also rose marginally.