US oil erases gains, closes at $32.78 a barrel

U.S. crude closed lower in choppy trade, but still recorded weekly gains, as supply disruptions in Iraq and Nigeria provided supported. Pipeline outages in Iraq and Nigeria have removed more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from the market for at least the next two weeks. The disruptions should offset recent increases to …

U.S. Stocks Climb as Beaten-Down Banks, Retailer Shares Rally

U.S. stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index posting the best two-day gain in more than five months, despite weakness in oil prices as beaten-down banks, technology and retailer shares led an advance. Citigroup Inc. and U.S. Bancorp climbed more than up 2.7 percent. Retailers, one of last week’s bright spots, added to …