Friday, 30 March 2012

EURO


The euro stood at 109.54, off a trough of 108.73, its lowest in one week.
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BRENT CRUDE


Brent crude futures fell $1.77 to settle at $122.39 a barrel, extending losses after dropping 1.09 percent the previous session.
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U.S.CRUDE


U.S. crude futures lost $2.63 to settle at $102.78 a barrel, having dropped 1.8 percent o n W ednesday and marking the biggest two-day slide since mid-December.
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OIL


Oil prices fell for a third straight session on Thursday, snapping key technical support after growing talk of a release of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) by consumer nations spurred profit-taking.
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SPOT PLATINUM


Spot platinum lost 0.5 percent to $1,623.70 an ounce.
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SILVER


Silver eked out a small gain of 0.04 percent at $32.05 an ounce, after falling earlier to $31.61 an ounce.
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SHANGHAI COPPER


The most-traded June copper contract on the Shanghai Ftures Exchange climbed 0.6 percent to 60,100 yuan ($9,500) a tonne.
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LME COPPER


Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed half a percent to $8,394.75 a tonne by 0115 GMT, having traded flat the previous session.
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COPPER


Copper is on target to notch up gains of more than 10 percent for the first quarter, but has so far failed to gain traction above $8,700 a tonne, and remains more than 17 percent below record highs of $10,190 from the first quarter last year.
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U.S.GOLD


U.S. gold June contract rose $8.1 to $1,663 an ounce.
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