Commodities

Oil jumped 1.7 percent Tuesday, continuing its year-end rally with support from expectations of tighter supply once the first output cut deal between OPEC and non-OPEC producers in 15 years takes effect on Sunday.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

Oil prices were little changed on Monday, with little news to influence a market waiting to see whether U.S. production from shale fields will grow enough to offset planned output cuts by OPEC, Russia and other producers next year.

Oil prices were little changed on Monday, with little news to influence a market waiting to see whether U.S. production from shale fields will grow enough to offset planned output cuts by OPEC, Russia and other producers next year.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed by a more than 4 percent drop in Oracle shares, while recently battered stocks in the real estate and utilities sectors posted the largest gains.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed by a more than 4 percent drop in Oracle shares, while recently battered stocks in the real estate and utilities sectors posted the largest gains.

Oil rose on Friday, edging closer to new 17-month highs, as producers showed signs of adhering to a global deal to reduce output.

Oil rose on Friday, edging closer to new 17-month highs, as producers showed signs of adhering to a global deal to reduce output.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, led by gains in bank shares, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time in nearly a decade.

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, led by gains in bank shares, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the second time in nearly a decade.

Shares bounced in and out of negative territory in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates overnight.

Shares bounced in and out of negative territory in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates overnight.

The dollar hit a 14-year high and government bond yields rose broadly on Thursday, extending gains from a day earlier when the Federal Reserve hiked U.S. interest rates and signaled increases would follow at a faster pace next year.