A federal report indicating a boost in storage last week caused natural gas to decline

After a federal report confirmed a storage build in line with market expectations, natural gas had a sharp decline of -3.61%, settling at 218. U.S. utilities increased their gas storage by 64 billion cubic feet (bcf), closely matching the predicted 67 bcf increase, according to the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). A 10-week low of…

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The U.S. dollar lost ground on six-month highs reached last week, while gold prices rose to two-week highs on Tuesday as investors’ attention turned to the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting, which gets underway later in the day. FUNDAMENTALS After reaching its highest price since September 5 earlier in the session, spot gold was stable…

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Oil prices increased to their highest level in ten months due to a reduction in China’s reserve ratio

On Friday, oil prices reached their highest point in ten months as a result of China reducing the amount of cash reserves that banks were required to hold in order to support its economic recovery and amid anticipation that the major cycles of global interest rate hikes were coming to an end. West Texas Intermediate…

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A stronger currency and increased stocks caused copper prices to decline

The price of copper decreased a little by -0.18%, ending the day at 732.1. Although encouraging signs from China, the world’s largest buyer of metals, restricted the losses, this decline was caused by a stronger currency and rising copper inventories. The amount of copper stocks in LME-registered warehouses increased by 1,125 tonnes, reaching a total…

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