The blue-chip FTSE 100 was down 0.2% and the mid-cap FTSE 250 0.1%, led by declines in battered energy , banks and travel and leisure stocks.

The dollar traded near a two-week high against a basket of currencies

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.12% at 2,939.32, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.67%.

U.S. Total industrial production increased 1.4 percent in May

Of the top 25 solar power generating facilities in the US, 15 are located in California, four in Arizona, four in Nevada and two in Texas. Four of the top five solar facilities by sales volumes reported to FERC are located in California, while one is in Arizona.

MSCI’s broadest index of World shares crawled 0.2% higher, having climbed 2.2% the previous day to reclaim a good portion of the ground it lost last week.

There are currently more than 20 million people unemployed as a result of the epidemic, which has killed more than 115,000 people in the United States, with minority communities among those hardest hit on both fronts.

U.S. Federal Reserve prepared to start its corporate bond buying scheme,

The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 2.2%, recovering from a slump in the past few sessions that was fuelled by grim forecasts of an economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and a resurgence in infections in the United States and Beijing.

Spending is also expected to be largely flat in 2021, landing only marginally higher than 2020 at $386 billion. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, expected total upstream investment would maintain last year’s levels, both in 2020 and 2021.

Buying renewable energy certificates (RECs) give companies a way to offset their carbon footprint while providing a market for renewable energy and allows the renewable developer to have a long-term REC revenue stream to justify the investment anywhere in the US and at different pricing options.

South African Nuclear Power Programme may comprise a blend of baseload power combining both conventional PWR and SMR technologies to a total of 2500 MW

Aramco had been looking to restructure the deal after SABIC’s market value fell more than 40% due to an oil price slump.

BP actions will lead to non-cash impairment charges and write-offs in the second quarter, estimated to be in an aggregate range of $13 billion to $17.5 billion post-tax.

The government of South Africa has approved the merger of three oil and gas subsidiaries of the state-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF) into a National Oil Company.