ADP: U.S. private sector added 497,000 jobs in June — twice economists’ forecast
The numbers: The U.S. private...
Thenumbers: The U.S. private sector added 497,000 jobs in June, according to the payroll services firm ADP, compared with a revised 267,000 in May. The increase reported Thursday was the biggest since July 2022.
Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a gain of 220,000 private-sector jobs.
Key details: Service-sector firms added 373,000 jobs in June, while goods-producing employment rose 124,000.
Big picture: ADP’s report comes a day before the Labor Department’s closely watched employment report. ADP revised its methodology last year and has said it does not try to forecast the government’s monthly job report.
Callon Petroleum Co. closed on July 3 its previously announced...
Callon Petroleum Co. closed on July 3 its previously announced Delaware Basin acquisition of Percussion Petroleum Operating II LLC and exited the Eagle Ford in a sale to Ridgemar Energy Operating LLC.
Collectively, the A&D was valued at about $1.13 billion.
Callon paid for the Percussion’s Delaware assetswith a combination of $249 million in cash and approximately 6.3 million shares of Callon common stock.
In the Eagle Ford, Callon received $551 million in cash for its sale to Ridgemar,which is backed by Carnelian Energy Capital Management LP. The transactions are still subject to post-closing adjustments and reflect an effective date of Jan. 1, 2023, the company said in a July 5 press release.
U.S. stocks snap three-day winning streak following Fed minutes
U.S. stocks finished modestly lower Wednesday, with the S&P...
U.S. stocks finished modestly lower Wednesday, with the S&P 500 snapping three straight trading days of gains, as investors weighed minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meetingand signs of slowing growth in China. The S&P 500SPX closed 0.2% lower, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 0.4% and the Nasdaq CompositeCOMP slipped 0.2%, according to preliminary data from FactSet. Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s minutes June policy meeting, released on Wednesday, showed some support from Fed officials for an interest rate hike last month although the central bank decided to hold its benchmark rate steady. Fed-funds-futures traders are still largely expecting that the central bank will raise rates in July after it slowed the pace of its hiking cycle earlier this year. The Fed had signaled last month that further increases may be coming this year as part of its effort to bring down high inflation.
Oil on rise as Saudis reportedly pledge to do what’s necessary to support price
Oil futures headed sharply higher on Wednesday, finding support...
Oil futures headed sharply higher on Wednesday, finding support after Saudi Arabia’s energy minister reportedly said that the kingdom will do whatever is necessary to support the oil market. Tensions in the Middle East, following news of an attempt by Iran to seize two oil tankers at the Strait of Hormuz, also provided support to oil prices.
The comments from Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz at an OPEC+ seminar were reported by a number of news agencies and follow the Saudi’s announcement Monday that it would extend its voluntary production cut by another month, through August.
West Texas Intermediate crude for August deliveryCL00 the U.S. benchmark, was up $2.06, or 3%, at $71.85 a barrel. WTI futures didn’t settle Tuesday due to the holiday.
September Brent crudeBRN00 the global benchmark, was down 20 cents, or 0.3%, at $76.05 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Back on Nymex, August gasolineRBQ23 rose 2.5% to $2.5242 a gallon, while August heating oil HOQ23 added 4.8% to $2.4904 a gallon.
August natural gas NGQ23, -1.62% was down 1.2% at $2.676 per million British thermal units.
Saudi Arabia and Russia curb oil supply again to try to boost price
Saudi Arabia and Russia announced Monday that they would make additional cuts to oil...
Saudi Arabia and Russia announced Monday that they would make additional cuts to oil supply as a global economic slowdown hangs over the outlook for energy demand.
Saudi Arabia — the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil — said it would extend a cut of 1 million barrels a day in its oil production at least until the end of August. The cut, which took effect on Saturday, was initially planned to last for the month of July in an attempt to shore up oil prices.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that his country would voluntarily cut supplies by 500,000 barrels per day in August by cutting exports. Reuters reported, citing Novak’s office, that Russia would reduce production by that amount, deepening a cut of the same size Moscow implemented in March.
