Gold Futures Plunge to Their Lowest in 8 Weeks - March 15, 2012 23:51

Gold futures fell to their lowest on Wednesday in eight weeks as the US Federal Reserve said that US economy is improving and decided not to go for further monetary policy easing. Stronger dollar also kept commodities under pressure. US Federal Reserve’s official decided to keep the interest rate unchanged to its ever low in […]

Gold Futures Fell Over Global Economic Slowdown - March 13, 2012 23:50

Gold futures fell on Monday after the news of increase in China’s trade deficit which raised concerns over sluggish global economic recovery. China reported its trade deficit figure of $31.38 billion in February as compared to trade surplus of $27.28 billion in the month of January. The huge trade deficit figure was beyond the expectations […]

NYMEX Trading: Crude Oil Post Slight Gains while Gold ends Lower - November 25, 2011 23:24

Crude oil futures slightly gained on Friday after a volatile session on Friday. Analysts attributed rising US dollar as the reason for pressure on commodities. The dollar index DXY which measures the greenback’s performance against its six major rival currencies gained to 79.607 on Friday as compared to 79.099 on Wednesday’s North American trading session. […]

Oil and Precious Metals Move in Bullish Rally on Monday - October 11, 2011 23:42

Crude oil futures jumped on Monday in reaction to weaker greenback and stance of Germany and France to support European Banks. Crude oil futures contract for November delivery jumped 2.9 percent or $2.43 to settle at $85.41 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Analysts attributed the oil surge to falling US dollar as […]