OSLO, April 29 (Reuters) - Oil services firm Subsea 7 reported surprisingly strong earnings and orders on Wednesday, sending its shares up more than seven percent despite warnings about persistent weakness in offshore business.
SINGAPORE, April 29 (Reuters) - Vietnamese diesel imports from Singapore jumped almost four-fold in the January to April period, compared with the corresponding period of 2014, as a new trade deal with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) redraws oil flows.
HELSINKI, April 29 (Reuters) - Finnish utility Fortum on Wednesday reported better than expected first-quarter profit as a new plant in Russia helped offset the impact of low energy prices in the Nordic region.
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COPENHAGEN, April 29 (Reuters) - Aker Solutions posted first-quarter earnings far below expectations on Wednesday as the Norwegian oil services firm continued to struggle with a sluggish oil industry coping with low oil prices.
BANGKOK, April 29 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets extended losses on Wednesday, with Indonesian large caps underperforming, as the Federal Open Market Committee wraps up its two-day meeting later in the day. However, Thai banks regained early lost ground before an interest rate decision.
Like the green shoots of spring, the mill price increases are small. But poking up from the barren landscape of the past few months, they are being seen as welcome relief by sheet producers and distributors alike.
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