…  from Sunday to Monday. Meanwhile, on international commodities markets, the price of light sweet crude oil, which is refined into gasoline, has dropped. Traders concluded it was unlikely that Hurricane Gustav, which has been …

…  have pulled back to some interesting support levels and traders may want to take another look at the group on the long side. The …  copper exploration. The up side down oil price and other commodities are the major causes investment trend slightly moves to this …

…  after spending much of the session going back and forth as traders awaited significant news to help the market break out of a trading …  the dollar. When the dollar loses ground, crude and other commodities tend to rise on their appeal as a hedge against inflation. In …

…  at the steel, construction, and auto industries as well as commodities-focused money managers worldwide. The publication is one of five …  help markets operate with transparency and efficiency. Traders, risk managers, analysts, and industry leaders depend upon Platts to …

…  in a decade. Analysts said growing investor demand for commodities — which have performed better than other financial …  in after-hours trading to an all-time high of $114.08. Traders were awaiting the release of U.S. government data later Wednesday on …

…  supply and a weak dollar boosted investor demand for commodities. A U.S. government report on Wednesday showed a surprise drop in …  refiner, has bought 300,000 tonnes of gas oil for May, traders said. The weakness of the dollar continued to attract investors into …

…  dollar prompts investors to seek a safe haven in hard commodities such as oil and gold. “We’ve seen another swing down in the U.S. dollar so I think we saw short-term traders go back into oil as a hedge against the falling dollar,” said Mark …

…  fund investors to bet on fresh falls for the dollar, traders said. “Commodity funds are in many ways ahead of the dollar,” said …  down.” He added that “bad economic news is good for commodities” in the near term. This week, the oil market was gripped by …

…  per barrel Thursday amid an accelerating price rally which traders say has been fueled by a sharp fall in the value of the US dollar and …

…  and a shaky U.S. economy. Gold’s rally lifted other commodities, with silver, platinum and soybean futures all trading higher. …  on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest ever. Traders later cashed in profits, leaving gold to settle at $993.80, still up …