SEOUL, March 28 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures remained
steady in early Asian trade on Monday as fighting in Libya and
political unrest continued unabated in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain,
supporting oil supply concerns.
FUNDAMENTALS
* NYMEX crude for May delivery <CLc1> was down 3 cents at
$105.37 a barrel by 2258 GMT, after settling at $105.40 a barrel
on Friday.
* ICE Brent crude for May <LCOc1> traded up 7 cents at
$115.66 a barrel, against Friday's settlement at $115.59 a
barrel.
* Eight people were killed when forces loyal to Libyan
leader Muammar Gaddafi resumed attacks on rebel-held Misrata on
Sunday, ending a brief lull in fighting following Western air
strikes, rebels and a resident said. []
* Libya's ramshackle rebel army pushed west on Sunday to
retake a series of towns from the forces of Gaddafi. NATO has
agreed to take full command of military operations in Libya
where the United States will cut its military role in the next
week or so and start to focus with other nations on how to ease
Gaddafi from power. [] []
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* In Syria, president Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest
crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army in the country's
main port of Latakia for the first time after nearly two weeks
of protests spread across the country. []
* Talks to end a standoff over Yemeni President Ali Abdullah
Saleh's rule have stopped without a plan to resume, opposition
figures said on Sunday, as clashes erupted between the army and
militants in the south. []
* Bahrain's largest Shi'ite opposition group Wefaq has
accepted Kuwait as a mediator with Bahrain's government to end a
political crisis gripping the tiny kingdom, a member of Wefaq
said on Sunday. []
MARKETS NEWS
* Global stocks posted their best week since December on
Friday, while the dollar rallied after a Federal Reserve
official said the U.S. central bank should tighten monetary
policy soon.
* The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.41
percent to 12,220.59. The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 0.32
percent to 1,313.80. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.24
percent to 2,743.06.
* The euro was last down 0.8 percent at $1.4067,
having hit a session low of $1.4055 on trading platform EBS. The
dollar was up 0.5 percent at 81.40 yen .
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
* 1230 U.S. personal income/spending for Feb
* 1400 U.S. pending home sales for Feb
(Reporting by Cho Mee-young; Editing by Ron Popeski)
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