U.S. September crude settled at $88.97, gaining 47 cents, after hitting a session low of $86.84. In late trading, it jumped to a session high of $89.36.
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Thursday, 26 July 2012
BRENT CRUDE
September Brent crude shot to a session high of $104.71 a barrel near the close and settled at $104.38, rising 96 cents and extending gains into a second day. It hit a session low of $102.10 after the release of the stockpile data.
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OIL
Crude oil futures made a strong comeback on Wednesday, with Brent closing above $104, recovering from session lows on fears that Middle East turmoil could worsen and rising hopes for more U.S. Fed stimulus.
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SHANGHAI COPPER
The most-traded November copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange traded up 1.1 percent at 54,220 yuan ($8,500) a tonne.
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LME COPPER
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange traded at $7,453 a tonne by 0105 GMT, up 0.09 percent from the previous session when it hit its lowest in one month at $7,344.25 a tonne.
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COPPER
London copper steadied on Thursday, recovering from a one-month low hit in the prior session, aided by a rebound in the euro after comments from a European monetary official suggested the region’s bailout fund could get more firepower.
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SPOT GOLD
Spot gold was flat at $1,603.81 an ounce by 0326 GMT, after rallying nearly 1.5 percent to $1,609.91 on Wednesday.
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GOLD
Gold rose to a three-week high on Wednesday, boosted by expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) will intervene to prop up the euro zone’s ailing finances after an official suggested leveraging a rescue fund to increase its capacity.
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U.S.MARKET UPDATE
The US markets close mixed in a choppy trading session as Apple weighed on the tech sector following its rare earnings miss. But the Dow finished higher, snapping a three-day losing streak.
Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.47% or 58.73 points at 12676.05. Nasdaq Composite was down 0.31% or 8.75 points at 2854.24. Standard & Poor’s 500 was flat at 1337.89
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