Monday, October 7, 2013

Commodity market update for October 7, 2013

Precious metals edged lower on Friday, as investors continued to monitor political developments in Washington. Actively traded Gold contract fell 7.70 points or 0.58% to 1,309.90 after trading between gains and losses while front month Silver future settled almost flat at 21.75 with a meager decline of 3 cents after having tested a low of 21.50 an ounce.

With the exception of Lead, Base Metals settled higher on the London Metal Exchange due to weaker dollar against the othercurrencies. 3-month Nickel was top gaining metal among the group, surged around 3% or 394 points to 13949.00 followed by rest of the metals. Copper gained 56.75 points or 0.79% to 7251.50 after having tested a high of 7282.50 per metric ton while Lead tested a low of 2046.00 before settling at 2054.25, eased 5 points or 0.24%.

NYMEX traded crude oil futures ended higher on Friday as investors continued to monitor tropical storm activity in the Gulf of Mexico which raised concerns over a disruption to supplies from the region. WTI CrudeOil increased 0.51% or 0.53 points to 103.84 after having tested a high of 104.19 per barrel. Front month Natural Gas futures settled almost flat at 3.51 with marginal gain of a cent or 0.20% after having tested a high of 3.54 on NYMEX.

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