Commodity prices suffered deep losses as a gloomier outlook on the economy from the World Bank dampened investors' optimism. Prices for everything from silver to oil to corn dropped sharply as investors shifted money into safer assets like Treasuries and the U.S. dollar.



CLOSING PRICES (SPOT)

Gold US$/troy ounce 922.20 -12.90

Silver US$/troy ounce 13.76 -0.45

Copper US$/lb 2.15 -0.12

Lead US$/lb 0.72 -0.04

Zinc US$/lb 0.67 -0.03

Aluminum US$/lb 0.70 -0.05

Nickel US$/lb 6.54 -0.32

Oil West Texas US$/bbl 66.93 -2.62

Nat Gas Henry Hub US$ mmbtu 4.01 -0.03

Nat.Gas AECO C C$/gigajoule 3.13 -0.23

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