U.S. probes whether traders profited off tips on Russia at OPEC+ - Bloomberg News

(Reuters) - The U.S. is probing whether traders with inside information on Russia's discussions with other oil producing countries profited from illegal wagers on crude price swings, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people close to the matter.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) probe is focused on whether aspects of the strategy that the Russian government pursued last month with other members of the OPEC+ coalition leaked out to market participants ahead of time,..