U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 374, Canada Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 26

Brent was up by 87 cents, or 3%, at $30.33 a barrel, WTI gained $1.12, or 4.8%, to $24.67 a barrel

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 211.25 points, or 0.89%, to 23,875.89, the S&P 500 gained 32.77 points, or 1.15%, to 2,881.19, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 125.27 points, or 1.41%, to 8,979.66,.

The German government expects the economy, which has traditionally been dependent on exports, is expected to shrink by a post-World War Two record of 6.3% despite a massive rescue package of 750 billion euros to cushion the impact of the pandemic.

The S&P/ASX 200 index settled 0.5% higher at 5,391.1. The benchmark climbed nearly 3% this week, its biggest weekly rise since April 10.

The Turkish lira has lost some 18% this year under pressure from the novel coronavirus, which has killed 3,641 people in Turkey.

Solar power was responsible for 3.6% of the India’s overall power production in fiscal 2019/20,

Brent was down by 24 cents, or 0.8%, to $29.48 a barrel, WTI was down by 24 cents, or 0.8%, to $29.48 a barrel

Средняя цена на нефть марки Urals в апреле 2020 года сложилась в размере $ 18,22 за баррель

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 4.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 532.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 12% above the five year average for this time of year.

March coal exports were up 1.2% from 6.19 million mt in February but 25% lower than the 8.36 million mt exported in the year-ago month.

Gas power is the most economic dispatchable source of electricity in America today.

China's coal imports over the January to April period jumped 26.9% to 126.73 million tonnes,

The S&P/ASX 200 index closed 0.4% lower at 5,364.20 points, after shedding 0.4% on Wednesday. The index is off 25.6% from its lifetime high on Feb. 20, 2020​.

GE (NYSE:GE) announced results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2020.