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Corn Rallies, Gold, Oil Gain

Ivaylo
22 May, 2007
New York City

    Corn prices advanced Monday on reports of hot, dry weather in the eastern Corn Belt. In other commodities trading, crude oil rallied more than $1 a barrel while industrial metals advanced. Ongoing outages at the nation

[R]5:30AM Corn rallies Monday, gold and oil also advance.[/R]

A bushel of corn for July delivery surged 9.75 cents to close at $3.81 on the Chicago Board of Trade, adding to modest gains last week. Soybean and wheat futures also gained. July soybeans picked up 8 cents higher to settle at $8.0050 a bushel and July wheat rose 8.25 cents to $4.7950 a bushel.

Crude oil for June delivery rallied $1.33 cents to settle at $66.27 a barrel on the Nymex. Overseas, Brent crude for July delivery climbed $1.07 to close at $70.49 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.

Gold for June delivery added $1.80 to end at $663.80 an ounce. July platinum settled down $6.50 at $1,319.70 an ounce, while June palladium settled up $9.05 at $374.30 an ounce. Copper gained 7.6 cents to settle at $3.4030 a pound on the Nymex. Aluminum, zinc and lead settled higher on the London Metal Exchange.

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