opec

People & Money

Michael AjifowokeMarch 7, 2021

Nigerian Markets Last Week: Brent Nears $70 After OPEC+ Surprise

The Nigerian Markets report for the week ended March 5, 2021. It captures indexes that gauge performance across a number…
Read More »
People & Money

Michael AjifowokeMarch 5, 2021

OPEC+ to Keep Supply Mostly Steady

Spring is in the air, demand is recovering, oil prices are buoyant and inventories are shrinking. Time for the organisation…
Read More »
People & Money

Irina SlavFebruary 22, 2021

Can OPEC+ Maintain Order As Oil Prices Rise?

There is already discord within the extended oil cartel. The last time OPEC+ made a decision on production, it had…
Read More »
People & Money

Michael AjifowokeJanuary 5, 2021

OPEC+ Stalemate, New Covid Lockdowns Send Oil Prices Lower

Reports that members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (a group known as OPEC+) are at…
Read More »
People & Money

Michael AjifowokeDecember 7, 2020
1

Nigerian Markets Last Week: Oil Rallies on OPEC+ Agreement, Cryptocurrencies Record Weekly Gain

The Nigerian Markets report for the week ended December 4, 2020. Stock Market The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index and…
Read More »
People & Money

Ugonnabo NgwuDecember 5, 2020

OPEC and Russia Seal Pact to Increase Oil Output in January

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its Russia-led allies, in attempting to measure the strength of the economy…
Read More »
Uncategorized

November 28, 2020

Nigerian Markets Last Week: Oil Gains for Fourth Straight Week Ahead of OPEC+ Output Meeting

The Nigerian Markets report for the week ended November 27, 2020. Stock Market The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index and…
Read More »
People & Money

November 3, 2020

Second Wave Coronavirus Lockdowns: Major Oil Producers Want Output Cuts Extended Into 2021

Some of the world’s biggest oil-producing countries including Saudi Arabia and Russia are looking to maintain existing cuts in global…
Read More »
People & Money

Abimbola AgboluajeOctober 19, 2020
2

Coronavirus Second Wave Puts OPEC+ Under Strain Despite Resurgence of Demand in China and India

Saudi’s oil and gas minister challenged oil speculators to test his resolve to achieve stability in global markets when the…
Read More »
People & Money

June 15, 2020

New Wave of Coronavirus Infections Threatens Oil Price Recovery and Nigeria’s Economy

Crude oil prices fell last week after six weeks of steadily rising as the world’s major economies gradually reopen. The…
Read More »

Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases
USA	104,488,837	-	1,136,313	-	101,575,749	1,776,775	3,383
India	44,683,454	-	530,745	-	44,150,892	1,817	698
France	39,533,323	-	164,286	-	39,288,720	80,317	869
Germany	37,822,577	-	166,128	-	37,451,400	205,049	1,281
Brazil	36,868,946	-	697,361	-	35,953,131	218,454	8,318
Japan	32,744,705	-	69,477	-	21,603,796	11,071,432	405
South Korea	30,263,261	5,850	33,614	18	29,894,362	335,285	289
Italy	25,488,166	-	187,272	-	25,072,909	227,985	179
UK	24,293,752	-	204,898	-	24,036,949	51,905	146
Russia	21,996,744	-	395,279	-	21,379,874	221,591	2,300
Turkey	17,042,722	-	101,492	-	-	16,941,230	-
Spain	13,740,531	-	118,712	-	13,569,497	52,322	231
Vietnam	11,526,566	-	43,186	-	10,614,586	868,794	3
Australia	11,312,904	-	18,828	-	11,260,631	33,445	50
Argentina	10,037,135	-	130,421	-	9,890,900	15,814	363
Taiwan	9,668,845	-	16,687	-	9,208,409	443,749	-
Netherlands	8,583,669	-	22,989	-	8,551,642	9,038	53
Iran	7,564,756	-	144,757	-	7,337,826	82,173	204
Mexico	7,389,670	8,365	332,475	82	6,626,983	430,212	4,798
Indonesia	6,731,135	-	160,832	-	6,566,098	4,205	2,771
Poland	6,383,096	-	118,748	-	5,335,940	928,408	696
Colombia	6,357,200	-	142,544	-	6,181,431	33,225	342
Austria	5,801,078	-	21,755	-	5,741,768	37,555	40
Greece	5,723,715	-	35,822	-	5,672,479	15,414	115
Portugal	5,564,254	-	26,033	-	5,534,306	3,915	61
Ukraine	5,373,104	-	111,063	-	5,255,195	6,846	-
Chile	5,128,130	-	63,895	-	5,059,720	4,515	107
Malaysia	5,037,995	-	36,943	-	4,990,977	10,075	10
Israel	4,788,158	-	12,203	-	4,770,957	4,998	57
N. Korea	4,772,813	-	74	-	4,772,739	-	-
Thailand	4,727,236	252	33,882	17	4,692,636	718	1,496
Belgium	4,695,403	-	33,582	-	4,649,211	12,610	47
Czechia	4,591,500	-	42,326	-	4,538,483	10,691	12
Canada	4,550,256	-	50,380	-	4,455,581	44,295	99
Peru	4,482,582	85	219,195	28	4,259,908	3,479	50
Switzerland	4,386,556	-	14,452	-	4,368,645	3,459	44
Philippines	4,073,826	-	65,851	-	3,998,597	9,378	162
South Africa	4,056,701	-	102,595	-	3,912,506	41,600	192
Romania	3,325,006	-	67,576	-	3,252,104	5,326	117
Denmark	3,173,520	-	8,165	-	3,164,343	1,012	19
Hong Kong	2,879,064	-	13,388	-	2,612,245	253,431	28
Sweden	2,694,893	-	23,419	-	2,671,460	14	7
Serbia	2,474,636	-	17,721	-	2,444,632	12,283	14
Iraq	2,465,545	-	25,375	-	2,439,497	673	21
Singapore	2,219,180	-	1,722	-	2,146,614	70,844	-
Hungary	2,192,447	-	48,677	-	2,139,857	3,913	7
New Zealand	2,182,355	-	3,781	-	2,169,320	9,254	-
Bangladesh	2,037,588	-	29,443	-	1,992,694	15,451	1,331
Slovakia	1,861,112	-	20,961	-	1,839,478	673	23
Georgia	1,815,871	-	16,934	-	1,776,548	22,389	-
Jordan	1,746,997	-	14,122	-	1,731,007	1,868	59
Ireland	1,700,817	-	8,515	-	1,687,913	4,389	21
Pakistan	1,576,398	19	30,640	-	1,538,689	7,069	14
Norway	1,478,042	-	5,112	-	1,472,232	698	20
Finland	1,459,198	-	8,739	-	1,448,567	1,892	21
Kazakhstan	1,406,206	33	13,695	-	1,383,020	9,491	24
Slovenia	1,322,543	-	7,060	-	1,312,434	3,049	11
Lithuania	1,297,880	-	9,552	-	1,283,059	5,269	6
Bulgaria	1,295,597	-	38,184	-	1,254,691	2,722	34
Morocco	1,272,280	-	16,296	-	1,255,924	60	3
Croatia	1,267,894	-	17,895	-	1,249,477	522	16
Guatemala	1,229,596	-	20,128	-	1,207,204	2,264	5
Lebanon	1,229,390	-	10,795	-	1,087,587	131,008	74
Bolivia	1,189,673	-	22,353	-	1,149,239	18,081	220
Costa Rica	1,186,176	-	9,158	-	860,711	316,307	52
Tunisia	1,150,356	-	29,308	-	-	1,121,048	44
Cuba	1,112,484	-	8,530	-	1,103,858	96	2
Ecuador	1,052,007	-	35,942	-	1,011,682	4,383	759
UAE	1,049,828	-	2,348	-	1,033,170	14,310	-
Uruguay	1,032,710	-	7,609	-	1,023,939	1,162	18
Panama	1,029,701	-	8,596	-	1,020,206	899	16
Mongolia	1,007,874	-	2,179	-	1,005,678	17	192
Nepal	1,001,106	-	12,020	-	989,078	8	-
Belarus	994,037	-	7,118	-	985,592	1,327	-
Latvia	975,403	-	6,219	-	968,872	312	13
Saudi Arabia	828,171	-	9,580	-	815,703	2,888	30
Azerbaijan	828,082	-	10,096	-	817,811	175	-
Paraguay	806,662	-	19,830	-	-	786,832	7
Bahrain	700,835	-	1,544	-	698,541	750	15
Sri Lanka	672,000	-	16,828	-	655,163	9	-
Kuwait	662,858	-	2,570	-	660,237	51	-
Dominican Republic	660,095	-	4,384	-	644,785	10,926	4
Cyprus	644,160	-	1,291	-	636,771	6,098	60
Myanmar	633,842	-	19,490	-	614,313	39	-
Palestine	621,008	-	5,404	-	615,445	159	17
Estonia	613,891	-	2,912	-	524,990	85,989	3
Moldova	598,673	-	11,953	-	504,142	82,578	49
Venezuela	551,645	-	5,849	-	545,160	636	36
Egypt	515,645	-	24,613	-	442,182	48,850	122
Libya	507,162	-	6,437	-	500,721	4	-
China	503,302	-	5,272	-	379,053	118,977	7,557
Ethiopia	499,656	-	7,572	-	486,826	5,258	-
Qatar	492,647	-	686	-	491,636	325	-
Réunion	486,588	-	921	-	418,572	67,095	10
Honduras	470,940	-	11,104	-	-	459,836	105
Armenia	446,008	-	8,717	-	435,162	2,129	-
Bosnia	401,412	-	16,259	-	379,084	6,069	-
Oman	399,449	-	4,628	-	384,669	10,152	2
Macedonia	346,533	-	9,641	-	336,744	148	-
Kenya	342,817	-	5,688	-	337,095	34	1
Zambia	341,573	-	4,049	-	335,970	1,554	-
Albania	334,211	-	3,595	-	328,996	1,620	-
Botswana	329,227	-	2,800	-	325,934	493	1
Luxembourg	297,757	-	1,133	-	288,991	7,633	-
Montenegro	286,493	-	2,797	-	283,392	304	6
Brunei	276,067	-	225	-	243,601	32,241	3
Algeria	271,394	-	6,881	-	182,756	81,757	-
Nigeria	266,463	-	3,155	-	259,850	3,458	11
Zimbabwe	262,324	-	5,658	-	255,428	1,238	12
Uzbekistan	250,622	-	1,637	-	241,486	7,499	23
Mozambique	231,994	-	2,233	-	228,805	956	11
Martinique	229,687	-	1,097	-	-	228,590	12
Lao People's Democratic Republic	217,990	3	758	-	-	217,232	-
Iceland	208,688	-	229	-	-	208,459	2
Afghanistan	208,627	-	7,896	-	186,344	14,387	45
Kyrgyzstan	206,592	-	2,991	-	196,406	7,195	131
El Salvador	201,785	-	4,230	-	179,410	18,145	8
Guadeloupe	201,394	-	1,007	-	-	200,387	19
Trinidad and Tobago	187,908	-	4,326	-	183,264	318	8
Maldives	185,715	-	311	-	163,687	21,717	25
Ghana	171,112	-	1,462	-	169,636	14	2
Namibia	170,741	-	4,088	-	166,452	201	-
Uganda	170,400	-	3,630	-	100,431	66,339	3
Jamaica	153,629	-	3,484	-	102,268	47,877	-
Cambodia	138,698	-	3,056	-	135,635	7	-
Rwanda	133,090	-	1,468	-	131,559	63	-
Cameroon	123,993	-	1,965	-	118,616	3,412	13
Malta	117,062	-	824	-	115,623	615	4
Barbados	106,157	-	571	-	105,570	16	-
Angola	105,184	-	1,931	-	103,216	37	-
Channel Islands	101,160	-	223	-	100,834	103	-
French Guiana	98,041	-	420	-	11,254	86,367	6
DRC	95,514	-	1,463	-	84,264	9,787	-
Senegal	88,902	-	1,971	-	86,929	2	-
Malawi	88,559	-	2,686	-	85,369	504	67
Côte d'Ivoire	87,997	-	833	-	87,149	15	-
Suriname	82,227	-	1,400	-	-	80,827	-
New Caledonia	79,845	-	314	-	79,526	5	9
French Polynesia	77,957	-	649	-	-	77,308	7
Swaziland	74,143	-	1,423	-	72,699	21	-
Guyana	72,984	-	1,295	-	71,585	104	-
Belize	70,660	-	688	-	69,949	23	6
Fiji	68,848	-	883	-	66,794	1,171	-
Madagascar	67,842	-	1,420	-	66,399	23	-
Sudan	63,754	-	5,008	-	58,277	469	-
Mauritania	63,665	-	997	-	62,437	231	-
Cabo Verde	63,229	-	413	-	62,756	60	23
Bhutan	62,605	-	21	-	61,564	1,020	-
Syrian Arab Republic	57,453	-	3,164	-	54,289	-	-
Burundi	53,492	-	38	-	53,394	60	-
Seychelles	50,665	-	172	-	50,440	53	-
Gabon	48,981	-	306	-	48,674	1	-
Andorra	47,850	-	165	-	47,563	122	14
Papua New Guinea	46,750	-	670	-	43,982	2,098	7
Curaçao	45,986	-	295	-	44,720	971	3
Aruba	43,993	-	236	-	42,438	1,319	2
Tanzania	42,664	-	846	-	-	41,818	7
Mayotte	42,002	-	188	-	-	41,814	-
Mauritius	41,662	-	1,043	-	39,967	652	-
Togo	39,356	-	290	-	39,064	2	-
Guinea	38,240	-	467	-	37,757	16	8
Isle of Man	38,008	-	116	-	-	37,892	-
Bahamas	37,491	-	833	-	36,366	292	1
Lesotho	34,790	-	723	-	25,980	8,087	-
Faroe Islands	34,658	-	28	-	-	34,630	5
Haiti	34,076	-	860	-	33,033	183	-
Mali	32,790	-	743	-	31,958	89	-
Cayman Islands	31,472	-	37	-	8,553	22,882	1
Saint Lucia	29,803	-	409	-	29,095	299	-
Benin	27,989	-	163	-	27,823	3	-
Somalia	27,318	-	1,361	-	13,182	12,775	-
Congo	25,375	-	386	-	24,006	983	-
Solomon Islands	24,575	-	153	-	-	24,422	1
San Marino	23,427	-	122	-	23,276	29	4
Timor-Leste	23,415	-	138	-	23,102	175	-
Micronesia	22,676	-	58	-	-	22,618	1
Burkina Faso	22,025	-	396	-	21,596	33	-
Liechtenstein	21,351	-	89	-	21,239	23	1
Gibraltar	20,399	-	111	-	16,579	3,709	-
Grenada	19,680	-	238	-	19,358	84	4
Bermuda	18,771	-	158	-	18,607	6	-
Nicaragua	18,491	-	225	-	4,225	14,041	-
South Sudan	18,368	-	138	-	18,115	115	1
Tajikistan	17,786	-	125	-	17,264	397	-
Equatorial Guinea	17,190	-	183	-	16,883	124	5
Tonga	16,779	-	13	-	15,638	1,128	-
Samoa	16,087	-	29	-	1,605	14,453	-
Monaco	16,069	-	65	-	15,992	12	4
Dominica	15,760	-	74	-	15,673	13	-
Djibouti	15,690	-	189	-	15,427	74	-
Marshall Islands	15,584	-	17	-	15,528	39	-
Central African Republic	15,368	-	113	-	15,200	55	2
Gambia	12,586	-	372	-	12,189	25	-
Saint Martin	12,233	-	63	-	1,399	10,771	7
Vanuatu	12,014	-	14	-	11,976	24	-
Greenland	11,971	-	21	-	2,761	9,189	4
Yemen	11,945	-	2,159	-	9,124	662	23
Caribbean Netherlands	11,661	-	38	-	10,476	1,147	-
Sint Maarten	11,014	-	91	-	10,905	18	-
Eritrea	10,189	-	103	-	10,086	-	-
Niger	9,931	-	312	-	8,890	729	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,585	-	123	-	9,454	8	-
Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	-	146	-	8,954	6	1
Comoros	8,992	-	161	-	8,827	4	-
Guinea-Bissau	8,947	-	176	-	8,656	115	6
Liberia	8,062	-	294	-	7,766	2	2
Sierra Leone	7,760	-	126	-	-	7,634	-
Chad	7,652	-	194	-	4,874	2,584	-
British Virgin Islands	7,305	-	64	-	-	7,241	-
Cook Islands	7,019	-	2	-	7,002	15	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,592	-	46	-	6,537	9	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	6,537	-	38	-	6,474	25	4
Sao Tome and Principe	6,280	-	77	-	6,202	1	-
Palau	5,986	-	9	-	5,976	1	-
St. Barth	5,420	-	6	-	-	5,414	-
Kiribati	5,008	-	18	-	2,703	2,287	3
Nauru	4,621	-	1	-	4,609	11	-
Anguilla	3,904	-	12	-	3,879	13	4
Macao	3,497	-	121	-	3,357	19	-
Saint Pierre Miquelon	3,452	-	2	-	2,449	1,001	1
Wallis and Futuna	3,427	-	7	-	438	2,982	-
Tuvalu	2,805	-	-	-	-	2,805	-
Saint Helena	2,166	-	-	-	2	2,164	-
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1,930	-	-	-	1,930	-	-
Montserrat	1,403	-	8	-	1,376	19	-
Niue	747	-	-	-	747	-	-
Diamond Princess	712	-	13	-	699	-	-
Holy See (Vatican City State)	29	-	-	-	29	-	-
Western Sahara	10	-	1	-	9	-	-
MS Zaandam	9	-	2	-	7	-	-
Tokelau	5	-	-	-	-	5	-
Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases