benchmark
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Brent crude contracts for April delivery, the global pricing benchmark, were last seen 1.4% higher on the session at $71.34 a barrel.
From Barron's
Federal Reserve officials were divided over their next move after leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged at their January meeting.
From Barron's
Much of the extra crude hasn’t built up in storage hubs tied to benchmark pricing but instead as sanctioned crude lingering at sea, with tankers loaded with Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan barrels swelling inventories afloat.
Bank Indonesia kept its benchmark seven-day reverse repo rate at 4.75%, extending its pause since it last eased policy settings in September.
If the gains hold through Friday, the benchmark would snap its longest losing streak in almost four years.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
