Market Updates
Gold Finishes Year Upbeat
Ivaylo
02 Jan, 2007
New York City
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Trading activity slowed considerably in the final hours of 2006, as investors took stock of another exciting year in precious metals. With no major U.S. economic data, the currency market remained range-bound, giving fewer cues to the metals trade. Copper futures displayed persistent weakness again Friday, with liquidation and continuing stock builds sending prices to their lowest level since June.
[R]5:00 AM Gold closed higher in thin trading Friday, copper futures declined.[/R]
The most-active February gold gained $1.10 to close at $638 a troy ounce while March silver ended 0.5 cent lower at $12.935 an ounce. January platinum finished $23.10 higher at $1,139.30 an ounce, after a late flurry of buying. March palladium advanced $10.55 to end at $338.50 an ounce. The most-active March copper contract fell 2.4 cents to settle at $2.8710 a pound on the Nymex.
In Nymex energy trading, the front-month February crude oil contract ended 52 cents, or 0.9%, higher at $61.05 a barrel. It was crude oil fifth straight annual gain. January heating oil shed 2.52 cents, or 1.55%, to close at $1.5979 a gallon. January unleaded gasoline dropped 4.02 cents, or 2.54%, to settle at $1.5419 a gallon. February natural gas futures closed 5.1 cents higher at $6.299 a million British thermal units.
March Arabica coffee closed 1.2 cents higher at $1.2620 a pound, and May coffee finished 1.25 cents higher at $1.2920 a pound. March raw sugar futures finished 0.11 cents lower at 11.75 cents a pound, while May sugar closed 0.07 cents lower at 11.71 cents a pound.
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