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Economic Events and Corporate Reports - Tuesday, August 12, 2025: U.S. CPI, RBA Interest Rate, and OPEC Report
... are expected.
MOEX / Russia
: the agenda includes publications of interim and operational results from specific issuers in the energy and retail sectors; the peak of half-year reporting from large companies traditionally falls in late August to early September.
Day's Summary: Key Investor Takeaways
1) U.S. CPI
: core inflation and services will be the main trigger for yields and tech stock valuations. Sharp moves in indices post-release are not surprising.
2) Oil
: the connection "OPEC report ...
Why do Turkey and Russia need their own gas hub
... but from the Turkish hub with multiple suppliers,” explains Yushkov.
However, that panic has long passed, sanctions have been clarified, and Europeans are buying Russian gas through the remaining routes – via Ukraine and the Turkish Stream. In September 2024, Gazprom's exports to the EU reached 101 million cubic meters per day, of which 58 million cubic meters were transported via Turkish Stream, with the remaining volumes going through Ukraine.
“Now, for Russia, this gas hub has become ...
Gasoline Stock Market Prices Hit Records: Reasons and Prospects for Gas Station Prices
... on Monday, August 4, exceeding 77,000 rubles per ton. By August 6, the price for this grade had risen to 78,816 rubles per ton. The AI-92 brand is currently trading at a more modest 67,620 rubles per ton. The peak of 70,446 rubles per ton, reached in September 2023 at the height of the fuel crisis, remains unbroken. However, the issue is that the subsidies for oil companies from the budget—based on providing fuel to the domestic market at prices below export levels (damping mechanism)—are defined ...
Lithium is not the new oil.
... lithium carbonate equivalent, one of the products derived from lithium). For comparison, in 2022, global demand for lithium exceeded supply by 9% (802,000 tons vs. 737,000 tons in lithium carbonate equivalent). The price drop also indicates a surplus: in September 2024, the exchange price of lithium carbonate in China—one of the largest lithium markets—dropped to 71,500 yuan per ton, while at the end of 2022, it was near 500,000 yuan per ton.
The Market Moves into Surplus
The shift in market ...
The rise in diesel prices may accelerate by the end of summer, but it will not exceed inflation.
... can depend on various factors, such as the price of kerosene, which is often used in the production of diesel that doesn't freeze in low temperatures.
Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of the OPEN OIL MARKET fuel marketplace, said that the end of August and September is traditionally a period of rising diesel prices, and this year will be no exception. The main price increases will occur not at the exchange, but in the small wholesale segment, where prices during last year's harvest season reached up to ...