Market Updates
Gold Advances on CME Globex
Ivaylo
03 Jan, 2007
New York City
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Gold futures kept their winning streak in electronic trading Tuesday, with a weaker U.S. dollar aiding the precious metal to start the New Year on firm footing. Trading was done on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as the New York Mercantile Exchange was closed to observe a day of mourning for former president Gerald Ford. Volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform rose 31% in 2006, with total volume of 956 million contracts.
[R]5:00 AM Gold advanced Tuesday on CME Globex, Nymex closed.[/R]
Gold for February delivery advanced $4.30, or 0.7%, to end at $642.30 an ounce in electronic trading on CME Globex. Other metals markets were mixed in electronic trading, with March silver gaining 33 cents to finish at $13.265 an ounce and March palladium $1 higher to close at $339.50 an ounce, but January platinum slipped 30 cents to end at $1,139 an ounce while March copper lost 8.3 cents to $2.788 a pound.
Crude-oil futures started the New Year on slightly lower ground Tuesday, while natural-gas prices dropped 3%. Crude oil for February delivery declined 23 cents to close at $60.85 a barrel in trading on the CME Globex electronic platform, after hitting a high of $61.55. The February contract in natural-gas futures shed 4 cents, or 0.6%, to stand at $6.259 per million British thermal units following a low of $6.10. Natural-gas futures prices plunged 44% in 2006.
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