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Oil Falls On Expectation of US Supply Rising
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 - Oct 11, 2012

CL2XOil fell on expectations that U.S. supplies will rise for the first time in three weeks and concern that a weaker economy will curb demand for commodities. Prices dropped 1.2 percent. Stockpiles ...

 
Commodity Update: Crude Back To $87?
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Energy: Crude oil failed yesterday at the same resistance that has capped rallies the last 3 weeks, reversing mid day to close near its lows off 1.23% down. I anticipate lower trade into next week ...

 
Roger Wiegand's Method Of Precious Metals Investing
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 - Oct 11, 2012

The major financial markets are dominated by large funds that behave like lemmings—follow the herd and suffer the consequences. Investors should not fall for the commonly held myth that all ...

 
Silver Goes Negative And Joins Copper
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 - Oct 11, 2012

A stronger dollar and a weak economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has triggered a round of corrections in metals which so far has affected silver and copper. Meanwhile in ...

 
Gold And Silver Remain Steady As Crude Oil Rises
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Gold traded close to the lowest level in more than a week. Comex Gold prices ended with moderate losses yesterday, on more profit taking and technical consolidation on the charts. A stronger US Dollar...

 
Silicon, US Steel Plate Prices Both Up On Renewable Energy Metals Index
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 - Oct 11, 2012

On the weekly Renewables MMI®, the silicon price rose 1.6 percent to finish as the week’s biggest mover.Chinese cobalt cathodes prices held steady from the previous week, and neodymium and ...

 
Japanese Silver Prices Fall On Daily Index
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Japanese silver saw a 2.2 percent drop on October 9, 2012, making it the biggest mover of the day on MetalMiner’s precious metals price index. US silver prices saw a 1.5 percent decline. Indian ...

 
After Two-Day Rise, LME Steel Billet 3-Month Price Falls
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Following two days of increases on the LME, the 3-month price of steel billet dropped by 2.6 percent to end up at $341.00 per metric ton on October 9, 2012. Following two days of rising prices, the ...

 
LME Aluminum Cash Price, China Billet Decline
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Dropping 2 percent on the LME, the cash price of primary aluminum was the biggest mover on October 9, 2012, closing at $2,046 per metric ton. Also on the LME, the aluminum 3-month price fell 1.9 ...

 
LME Copper Cash Price Drops 2% On The Day
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Dropping 2 percent on the LME, the cash price of primary copper was the copper price index’s biggest mover on October 9, 2012, closing at $8,132 per metric ton. The 3-month price of copper saw a...

 
Spot Price Of Nickel Drops Off On Daily Index
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 - Oct 11, 2012

On October 9, 2012, the day’s biggest mover on MetalMiner’s stainless price index was the nickel spot price, which saw a 3.4 percent decline on the LME to $17,925 per metric ton.A $620 ...

 
Chinese Rebar Price Increases On Weekly Construction Metals Index
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 - Oct 11, 2012

Chinese rebar improved by 3.4 percent on the weekly Construction MMI®.In the past week, Chinese H-beam steel saw its price shift up 1.4 percent. The Chinese low price of 62% Australian iron ore ...

 
Through Lens Of Rio Tinto Alcan, Aluminum Not Part Of Super Cycle
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 - Oct 11, 2012

It’s good to see how wrong some captains of industry get things at times. Not, I hasten to add, out of any sense of schadenfreude, but simply because it makes us feel in good company.While Rio ...

 
Agricultural Commodity Prices To Increase Before South America Harvest
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 - Oct 11, 2012

More Agricultural Commodity Price Increases Expected Before The South American Harvest Next SpringThe drought of 2012 has pushed agricultural commodity prices to new highs. In spite if these price ...

 
Playing Platinum By The Chart
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 - Oct 10, 2012

Though it's neither gold nor silver, I do follow platinum, palladium and copper. There appears to be stiff resistance in the January contract just above $1720. Prices have started to roll over losing ...

 
Oil And Gas: Bull vs. Bear
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 - Oct 10, 2012

Bulls and bears are now faced off at the line of scrimmage. Bulls still have the ball, by dint of rising moving averages, the major indices within sprinting distance of new highs and constructive ...

 
Romney Gains, Welch Doubts And Gold Pauses
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 - Oct 10, 2012

In the wake of the debate last week Mitt Romney closed the gap with Barack Obama successfully making the election a statistical tie. While Obama leads by a point in many polls, Romney leads in some ...

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 US 3015,369.50+34.07+0.22%  
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 FTSE 1006,803.30+47.67+0.71%  
 Japan 22515,401.00+20.21+0.13%  
 US Dollar Index83.86-0.04-0.05%  
CFDs Quotes
 Gold1,370.45-13.65-0.99%  
 Silver22.322-0.260-1.15%  
 Copper3.346-0.014-0.42%  
 Crude Oil96.34-0.59-0.61%  
 Natural Gas4.172+0.082+1.99%  
 US Cotton No.284.39-1.39-1.62%  
 US Coffee C132.98-2.88-2.12%  
 
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 GBP/USD1.5168-0.0090-0.59%  
 USD/JPY102.39+0.12+0.11%  
 USD/CHF0.9668-0.0002-0.03%  
 AUD/USD0.9798-0.0009-0.09%  
 USD/CAD1.0278+0.0035+0.35%  
 EUR/GBP0.8514+0.0070+0.82%  
CFDs Quotes
 Euro Bund144.46-0.43-0.30%  
 Euro BTP116.30-0.17-0.15%  
 Euro BOBL126.336-0.220-0.17%  
 UK Gilt117.46-0.13-0.11%  
 US 2 YR T-Note110.260.000.00%  
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 US 30 YR T-Bond143.86+0.12+0.08%  
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