LIVE MARKET UPDATE

Monday, 8 April 2013

LME COPPER

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose by 0.23 percent to $7,423 a tonne by 0118 GMT. It has dropped more than 4 percent over the past three weeks.

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COPPER

London copper steadied on Monday after dropping for three consecutive weeks, although a bleak U.S. jobs report for March that stoked worries about the state of the world’s largest economy is expected to keep a lid on prices.

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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude gained 7 cents a barrel at $92.77 as of 0105 GMT, after dropping to a two-week low of $91.91 in the previous session. The prices dropped by almost 5 percent last week, its biggest weekly loss since September.

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BRENT CRUDE

Spot gold slipped 0.4 percent to $1,575.99 an ounce by 0034 GMT, also hurt by a firmer dollar versus a basket of currencies.

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GOLD

Gold edged lower on Monday, but stayed near highs hit in the previous session when it rose by the most since November on poor U.S. jobs data that reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will sustain its bullion-boosting monetary stimulus programme.

GOLD

Gold edged lower on Monday, but stayed near highs hit in the previous session when it rose by the most since November on poor U.S. jobs data that reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will sustain its bullion-boosting monetary stimulus programme.
 
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COMMODITY MARKET OUTLOOK 08-04-2013

Copper fell in New York, capping a third straight weekly drop Gold rebounded from a 10-month low Silver futures for May delivery gained 1.7 percent Crude 4.7% weekly loss was the biggest since sept 21.

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