Saturday, 17 March 2012

BRENT CRUDE

London’s Brent oil settled at $125.81 a barrel, up$3.21. It was the market’s biggest one-day gain since March 1. 



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OIL

Oil prices jumped on Friday by the most in two weeks on supply worries,while soybeans hit a six-month high on crop worries and most other commodities rose on extended weakness in the dollar. 

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SHANGHAI COPPER

The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 0.6 percent at 60,780 yuan a tonne, chasing Thursday’s gains in London and up 1.3 percent for the week. 

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LME COPPER

London Metal Exchange (LME) three-months copper fell $55 to end at $8,510 a tonne, reversing from an earlier session peak at $8,690 — its highest since Feb. 29. 

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COPPER

Copper slipped on Friday, backing off the highest level in more than two weeks after a double dose of disappointing data in the United States and a third consecutive weekly build in Shanghai inventories eroded early bullish sentiment. 

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PLATINUM

Platinum fell 0.6% to USD 1,670.24 an ounce. 

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