2021

Chinese blue-chips (.CSI300) rose 0.43%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng (.HSI) added 0.61%, Seoul's Kospi (.KS11) was up 0.79% and Australian shares (.AXJO) climbed 0.22%. Japan's Nikkei (.N225) rose 0.59%.

The importance of nuclear power in helping to stabilize electricity grids and ensure a reliable and low carbon energy flow will increase with the rising share of renewables in the global energy mix,

The vote means the Parliament has given its final rubber stamp on a provisional deal it reached with the EU Council April 21 in which the EU will raise its emissions reduction target to at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030, from the previous 40% goal.

Through 24 weeks, US output was approximately 279 million st, up 8.9% compared with the year-ago period. It is annualized to be 581 million st for the year, up 8.7% from the previous year.

Brent rose 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $75.49 a barrel, WTI climbed 31 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.39 a barrel.

Wide spreads between the price of LNG in end-user markets in Asia and Europe and feedgas prices based on the US Henry Hub have been incentivizing robust export activity from the US Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

A conservative estimate would be for coal consumption of around one billion metric tonnes in 2050, still contributing 10%-15% of China's total energy consumption

The most-traded coking coal futures contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange , for September delivery, ended at 2,037 yuan ($314.24) per tonne.

In Germany, the euro zone’s benchmark bond issuer, 10-year yields have risen around 12 basis points

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 7.6 million barrels from the previous week to 459.1 million barrels.