Market Updates
Precious Metals Gain
Ivaylo
20 Dec, 2006
New York City
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Gold and silver futures ended higher on Tuesday after receiving support from a weaker dollar and a swing in the crude oil market off its lows. The dollar gained strength after the report on producer prices and housing data but later traded lower against the euro, aiding a continued strength throughout precious metals. Core PPI jumped 1.3%, the highest rate since 1980, while home construction went up more than expected in November.
[R]5:00AM Precious metals gained on Tuesday on dollar weakness and oil climb.[/R]
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, February gold finished $7.50 higher at $625.40 a troy ounce while March silver ended 18.5 cents up at $12.710 an ounce. January platinum advanced $16.40 to close at $1,118.50 an ouncea and March palladium added $4.30 to finish at $329.25 an ounce. The most-active March copper contract was off 1.20 cent at $3.0175 per pound.
The front-month January crude oil contract gained 94 cents to finish at $63.15 a barrel. January heating oil ended down 0.2 cent at $1.7187 a gallon. January unleaded gasoline rose 3.83 cents to close at $1.7005 a gallon. January natural gas edged 0.8 cents higher to stop at $7.083 a million British thermal units.
On the New York Board of Trade, March Arabica coffee futures closed 1.45 cents lower at $1.23 a pound, with May off 1.45 cents at $1.26. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for March gained 0.01 cent to close at 12.04 cents a pound, with May 0.05 cent higher at 11.85 cents.
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