Oil markets have continued to push the price of oil up this week by a further 7.3% to close at just over $68 a barrel for crude – last week this rose by 6.2%.

It has been a good week for the stock markets with all world indices rising on the week, with the best performer being the China Hang Seng index, which rose by 6.3% on the week.

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All world stock markets rose by good percertages this week and the French CAC more than recovered the loss of last week to rise by 20% on the week as coinfidence starts to creep back to economies around the world.

The bumpy ride on the crude oil price continued this week on a rise of 6.2% to close at over $60 per barrel again.
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A fall on the world stock markets across the board happened this week and one that stands out above the rest is the French CAC40 which dropped by 14% this week – this could lead to a number of take-over bids from overseas, subject to the usual French preventative rules.

The crude oil price fell this week by a futher 9% have lost 5.5% last week to close at under $60 per barrel again. Gold has also continued to fall this week closing at a new low of $913.
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This week saw most major stock markets fall by a small percent, with most staying more or less at the same level as last week.

The crude oil price fell this week by 5.5% to close at just over $65 per barrel and gold have fallen back too this week by a small margin.
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There were no major movements this week on the stock markets around the world with the highest change being in China again with the Hang Seng moving up by 3.7%.

It was a mixed week of stock market movements with some indices falling in parts of the world whereas others rose and even in the UK the FTSE 100 fell whilst the broader FTSE 250 gained on the week.

Oil has more or less halted this week at just under $70 per barrel and gold pretty much the same gaining just 0.3% on the week.
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All the world stock markets dropped this week with the Chinese Hanseng falling the most at 5.1% and in the UK the FTSE 250 dropped the most.

The price of oil dropped this week and which halted the last few weeks rises to close at $69.55 a barrell and gold dropped back further too to close at $936.20 per ounce.
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This week has seen the continued rise in the oil price per barrel finishing the week at $72.04 per barrel a rise of another 5.4% over the 3% rise last week!

With talk about economies coming out of recession this week and now the rise in interest rates on peoples tongues Gold has continued to fall back again this week by a further 1.7%.

Global stock markets have not changed much in the week with some European markets dropping back slightly. The Japanese Nikkei was the biggest riser in the week climbing 3.7% with the Australian ASX being the next biggest winner closing up by 2.3%.
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Gold has halted its rising run and dropped a little this week closing at $956.70 per ounce – so maybe it will not reach the $1,000 level.

On the commodities front, a good week for all global stock markets with the US NASDAQ and the Australian ASX rising by over 4% each this week and oil has continued to rise again closing up by a further 3% this week.
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Oil continued its rise this week having rising by over 9% last week and closing up a further 7.5% this week at $66.31 a barrel.

Gold is still being seen as a safe haven as the price of an ounce is approaching $1,000 per ounce! Gold rose a further 2% this week which would imply that investors are seeing more problems ahead for world economies, when gold is always seen as a safe investment.

Sterling had a good week rising by over 9% against the Japanese Yen and 2% on the US dollar!
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Oil is the largest riser this week rising by over 9% on the week to close at over $60 a barrel for the first time in months.

Another noticeable movement is Sterling to the US Dollar where the UK Pound has increase in value by 5%.
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