May Corn futures finished up 1 ½ today as weekly export sales data was released. The USDA weekly export sales figures came in at 937,600 metric tonnes for the current marketing year and 185,100 for the next […]

Gold was sent spiraling downward Wednesday to its lowest level in almost three months, down for the second straight day, as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve meeting minutes.

The minutes, released on […]

Gold finished up 8.0 on Monday, adding to its 6% gain in 2012’s first quarter. Everyone expects the bullion to rise even higher, with a good amount of people seeing it […]

Soybean futures surged today after the USDA prospective plantings and stocks reports. May soybeans finished up 47 ½ at 1403, hitting a high during the day of 1416.

2012 Soybean prospective plantings fell in […]

The much-anticipated United States Department of Agriculture prospective plantings and quarterly grain stocks reports were released this morning.

The prospective plantings report showed a significant rise in […]

The United States Department of Commerce reported that durable goods orders rose 2.2 percent in February, falling well short of most estimates which were around 3.0 percent. After the report, materials and […]

Oil saw its third consecutive upswing on Tuesday finishing up .3 percent to $107.33 a barrel, possibly still using Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments yesterday as a boost. The American Petroleum […]

Markets got a boost today after Ben Bernanke expressed his displeasure over the progress of the U.S. job market, which gave investors a hint that the Fed may be willing to introduce more easy monetary policy in […]

U.S. economic news is limited to home sales figures to be released this morning at 10:00.

The jewelers strike in India is entering it’s second week this week. The strike in the world’s largest bullion purchaser […]

United States data released today included new home sales figures, which came in below expectations at 313,000 annual rate for February, a 1.6 percent loss, and well below the forecasted 325,000 units.

Gold […]

Quick morning market update for Friday. Gold seems to be bouncing off of yesterday’s low with a strong showing early this morning currently up $13.40. Livestock futures are down across the board before the USDA […]

HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics showed today that the Chinese Manufacturing index is showing a more dire manufacturing outlook than originally thought. The index shows another month of contraction. The […]

The United States Department of Labor said today that initial jobless claims fell to 348,000 the week ending March 17th. The Labor Department also raised the previous week’s figure from 351,000 to 353,000. There […]

The United States Department of Energy reported that crude oil inventories fell 1.16 million barrels last week, reversing what investors had forecasted to be a 2.2 million barrel gain according to Bloomberg. The […]

The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that construction permits reached their highest level since late 2008, and were up five percent in February from January to a seasonally adjusted 717,000 permits.

Major […]

Agriculture futures have been hit hard thru mid-day as what, corn, soybeans, cattle, and hog futures are all in the negative. Gold, silver, copper, platinum, and palladium are all down as well as futures have been […]

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U.S. light, sweet crude futures were up just over a dollar today after positive sentinment arising out of the U.S. economy. The U.S. housing index figures released today provided investors with some promise that […]

Today is Last Trade of U.S. light, sweet crude oil futures.

Gold futures were up thru the early morning after ending last week weakly.

Oil futures remained relatively the same and only down slightly. On […]

Bloomberg polled 26 analysts on Friday and only half of them were bullish on gold prices for next week. Gold futures ended the day down again, putting gold negative for the third week in a row and three percent on […]