LIVE MARKET UPDATE

Friday, 1 March 2013

U.S.CRUDE

U.S. oil fell 37 cents to $91.68, adding to a drop in February that snapped three straight monthly gains. The front-month contract is just off its $91.43 low for the year, hit earlier in the Asian day.




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BRENT CRUDE

Brent crude oil fell to a one-month low under $113 a barrel on Tuesday on worries about an inconclusive Italian election that revived investor concerns about instability in the euro zone and threatened the outlook for fuel demand.




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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was little changed at $1,613.61 an ounce by 0028 GMT, after hitting a 1-1/2-week high of $1,619.66. It rose 1.2 percent on Tuesday, its biggest daily gain in three months.




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GOLD

Gold traded flat on Wednesday, perching near a 1-1/2-week high hit in the previous session as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the bank’s monetary policy, lending support to gold as a hedge against central banks’ cash printing.




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COMMODITY MARKET OUTLOOK 01-03-2013

Silver futures for May delivery fell 1.9 percent to $28.432 an ounce
Gold fell, capping the longest run of monthly declines in 16 years

Copper fell, capping the first monthly drop since October

Crude oil closed at the lowest this year.





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