The Shanghai Composite index closed up 0.4% at 2,930.80.

Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,708.07 per ounce as of 0700 GMT, while U.S. gold futures slid 0.9% to $1,711.80.

The benchmark Nikkei average reversed early losses to end 0.7% higher at 22,863.73, its highest closing level since Feb. 21.

Brent were up 27 cents, or 0.7%, at $40.26 a barrel, WTI rose 17 cents, or 0.5%, to $37.58 a barrel.

U.S. Rig Count is down 17 rigs from last week to 284, Canada Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 21

The worldwide rig count for May 2020 was 1,176, down 338 from the 1,514 counted in April 2020

The typical customer only interacts with a utility intermittently, sometimes not at all for a year or two and typically only when there is a problem.

The foundation of AI is data and, based on the huge amount of it that utilities collect about customers, they’re well-positioned to deploy AI to improve customer care.

The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has upended these expectations, and 2020 is now set to see the largest decline in energy investment on record, a reduction of one-fifth – or almost USD 400 billion – in capital spending compared with 2019.

In the first three months of 2020, Japan imported 44.8 million tons of coal, which increased by 3.4% in comparison to 43.3 million tons imported in the first quarter of 2019.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 2.5 million in May, and the unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent

«Мы приняли решение о продлении текущих параметров по добыче мая-июня – это сокращение на 9,7 млн барр/с - на июль месяц. Это сделано для того, чтобы рынок балансировался и чтобы снизить риски неопределенности», - пояснил глава Минэнерго России.

В первом квартале 2020 года Компания показала чистый убыток, относящийся к акционерам, составивший 46,0 млрд руб.

Ожидаемый объем недополученных нефтегазовых доходов федерального бюджета прогнозируется в июне 2020 года в размере - 145,5 млрд руб.

Saudi Arabia's total oil export revenue for Q1 was Riyal 149.95 billion, down from Riyal 192.03 billion for the same quarter the previous year.

Iraq's output was well above its quota of 3.592 million b/d for May and June. as agreed under the historic production cuts of OPEC and its allies, led by Russia.

Britain's FTSE 100 slipped 0.3% and AstraZeneca shed 3%.

Brent was up 50 cents, or 1.2%, at $42.80 per barrel, WTI rose 31 cents, or 0.8%, to $39.86 a barrel.

Hydrogen, the universe's most abundant particle, has often been touted as a way to power vehicles and energy plants, but it is just too expensive.

U.S. gross domestic product fell at a 4.8% annualized rate in the first three months of the year. The outcome for the April to June period is expected to show an even worse annualized decline of perhaps 20% or more. The unemployment rate rose from a record low of 3.5% in February, hitting 14.7% in April and 13.3% last month.