Heating and cooling based on renewable energy has emerged as an urgent priority for countries striving to meet climate goals and build resilient, sustainable economies.

The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, was up 0.4% by 0849 GMT.

Loss attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom amounted to RUB 218,378 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Brent dropped 46 cents, or 1%, to $47.72 a barrel . WTI fell 48 cents, or 1.1%, to $45.05 a barrel.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.4%, to 4,960.25, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.5% to 3,391.76, reversing earlier gains as investors booked profits.

Clean energy technologies still depend on natural resource extraction, so the ongoing energy transition is better conceptualized as a shift toward the extraction of different resources, rather than the extraction of fewer.

Brent was down by 10 cents at $47.70 . WTI was down by 86 cents, or 1.9%, at $44.85.

RusHydro Group (hereinafter referred to as the “Group”, ticker symbol: MOEX, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces its condensed consolidated interim unaudited financial information prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the 3rd quarter and 9 months of 2020.

Nikkei rose 0.41% to close at 26,644.71. The index has gained 15.96% this month, and is on track for its best performance since January 1994. The broader Topix rose 0.47% to hit a 25-month high at 1,786.52.

Brent were down 1 cent at $48.60 a barrel . WTI was off by 4 cents at $45.67 a barrel.

"The macroeconomic situation has had a negative impact on the long-term development prospects of the LNG industry," Gazprom said, adding that so far in 2020 only one final investment decision had been made for a new LNG production project.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels to 488.7 million barrels

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.39% while Japan’s Nikkei gained 0.91%.

U.S. Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020

U.S. Rig Count is up 10 from last week to 320 , Canada Rig Count is up 1 from last week to 102,