{"id":582,"date":"2020-04-13T01:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2020-04-13T01:46:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:46:30","slug":"oil-prices-rise-more-than-2-after-opec-record-deal-on-production-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/oil-prices-rise-more-than-2-after-opec-record-deal-on-production-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices rise more than 2% after OPEC+ record deal on production cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stocks in Asia traded lower Monday morning as the\u00a0Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries<\/a>\u00a0and its allies reached an\u00a0agreement on a record oil production cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Japan, the\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0slipped 1.04% in early trade while the Topix index dipped 0.94%. South Korea’s\u00a0Kospi<\/a>\u00a0also declined 0.63% as shares of automaker Hyundai Motor fell around 2%.<\/p>\n Markets in Hong Kong and Australia are closed on Monday for Easter Monday.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, oil prices rose in the morning of Asian trading hours. International benchmark\u00a0Brent crude futures<\/a>\u00a0were up 2.32% to $32.21 per barrel.\u00a0U.S. crude futures<\/a>\u00a0added 2.72% to $23.38 per barrel.<\/p>\n The moves came after OPEC and its allies, known collectively as OPEC+, finalized an agreement to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day.\u00a0That’s the single largest output cut in history.<\/p>\n Developments surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic are also likely to continue weighing on investor sentiment, with more than 1.8 million confirmed cases globally while at least 112,241 lives have been taken, according to data compiled by John Hopkins University.<\/p>\n\n