Commodities gave back some of their recent gains as new data played down the threat of inflation but signalled that consumers are unlikely to increase their spending any time soon. December gold settled at $948.70 (US.), off $7.80, while September crude was off $3 at $67.51.
CLOSING PRICES (SPOT)
Nickel US$/lb 8.85 -0.46
Copper US$/lb 2.84 -0.06
Gold US$/troy ounce 948.20 -6.50
Silver US$/troy ounce 14.69 -0.32
Lead US$/lb 0.83 -0.04
Zinc US$/lb 0.82 -0.04
Aluminum US$/lb 0.89 -0.03
Oil West Texas US$/bbl 67.63 -2.89
Nat Gas Henry Hub US$ mmbtu 3.18 -0.16
Nat.Gas AECO C C$/gigajoule 2.82 -0.09
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