India's power generation rose 2.6% in the first 15 days of August

The consequences of climate change can affect every aspect of nuclear plant operations – from fuel handling and power and steam generation to maintenance, safety systems and waste processing

The return on the fund's equity investment was -6.8 percent. Investments in unlisted real estate returned -1.6 percent, whereas the fixed income investments returned 5.1 percent. The fund's overall return was 11 basis points lower than the return on the benchmark index.

Brent was down 18 cents, or 0.4%, at $45.19 a barrel, WTI was down 26 cents, or 0.6%, at $42.63 a barrel.

Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 19,000 b/d month-over-month in August from 7,577 to 7,558 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 421 million cubic feet/day from 79,684 to 79,263 million cubic feet/day .

The dollar was down 0.2% versus the euro at $1.1895 EUR=EBS and had fallen 0.5% against the Japanese yen to 105.40 JPY=EBS, a 1-1/2-week low.

Brent was down 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $44.77 a barrel, WTI was up 3 cents, or 0.1%, to $42.04 a barrel.

Gazprom sales in its biggest market Germany fell by 28.2% -- or by 3.32 Bcm -- to just 8.47 Bcm in Q2

Chinese blue chips led the way with gains of 2.4%

The Cabinet Office reported that Japan’s preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation’s goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter on quarter.

The U.S. total industrial production rose 3.0 percent in July after increasing 5.7 percent in June

U.S. Rig Count is down 3 from last week at 244, Canada Rig Count is up 7 rigs from last week to 54

Brent was 29 cents, or 0.7%, lower at $44.67, WTI slipped 25 cents, or 0.6%, to $41.99.

U.S. exports of LNG fell to an average of 3.1 Bcf/d in July 2020.

The data showed wind and solar power increased 14% in the first half of 2020