Gasoline Market Update

April gasoline RBJ5, -0.37%  rose more than a half cent to $1.804 a gallon and April heating oil HOJ5, -0.49%  settled at $1.731 gallon, down less than half a cent for the session.

Gas Market Update

April natural gas NGJ15, +0.18%  fell 5.3 cents, or 1.9%, to end at $2.733 per million British thermal units.

Oil futures settle up, flirt with two-week high

 Oil futures settled on Monday at their highest level in almost two weeks on the back of a weaker U.S. dollar, despite comments from Saudi Arabia that indicated it would maintain crude-production levels.

May crude CLK5, -1.26%  tacked on 88 cents, or 1.9%, to settle at $47.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the highest settlement for a most-active contract since March 11.

May Brent crude LCOK5, -0.66%  added 60 cents, or 1.1%, to end at $55.92 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange.

Gold finishes higher for a fourth straight session

Gold futures finished higher on Monday for a fourth session in a row with concerns surrounding Greece’s debt problems and a sharp drop in the U.S. dollar providing support for the metal.

Gold for April delivery on Comex GCJ5, -0.19%  rose $3.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,187.70 an ounce on Comex. May silver SIK5, -0.07%  added less than a penny to $16.891 an ounce. Gold ended Friday with a 2.8% gain for the week, while silver jumped around 9%.

Platinum Market Update

April platinum PLJ5, +1.60%  rose $21.60, or 1.9%, to end at $1,141.20 an ounce, tacking on about 2.3% for the week.

 June palladium PAM5, +1.47%  rose $13.30, or 1.7%, to $779.10 an ounce, down around 1.2% for the week.

Silver Market Update

May silver SIK5, +3.79%  jumped 76.9 cents, or 4.8%, to end at $16.883 an ounce, with prices around 9% higher for the week.

May copper HGK5, +3.42%  added 10.1 cents, or 3.8%, to $2.761 a pound—up roughly 3.5% for the week.

Gasoline Market Update

Nymex April gasoline RBJ5, +0.82% rose 2.4 cents, or 1.3%, to $1.798 a gallon, up 2% for the week. April heating oil HOJ5, +0.36%  ended at $1.734 a gallon, up 1.2 cents, or 0.7%, with prices up 1.2% for the week.

Gas Market Update

April natural gas NGJ15, -1.03%  fell 2.7 cents, or 1%, to $2.786 per million British thermal units after earlier tapping a high of $2.919 on the back of gains in oil. Prices were up roughly 2.2% for the week.

Oil futures score first weekly gain in over a month

Crude-oil futures rallied Friday as a drop in the U.S. dollar and another decline in U.S. rig counts helped prices score their first weekly gain in five weeks.

April CLJ5, +4.34% which expired at the close Friday, settled at $45.72 a barrel, up $1.76, or 4%. Crude for May CLK5, +2.02%  delivery, which became the front month, tacked on $1.04, or 2.3%, to $46.57 a barrel.

Gold scores a gain of nearly 3% for the week

Gold futures climbed for a third straight session on Friday to tally a weekly gain of nearly 3% as a sharp drop in the U.S. dollar buoyed investment demand.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +1.09%  on Comex rose $15.60, or 1.3%, to settle at $1,184.60 an ounce. Prices scored weekly gain of 2.8%, based on the most-active contracts. They settled at their highest level since March 5.

Silver Market Update

May silver SIK5, -0.02%  rallied 57.3 cents, or 3.7%, to end at $16.114 an ounce, which was also a two-week high.

April platinum PLJ5, +0.23%  rose $27, or 2.5%, to end at $1,119.60 an ounce.

 June palladium PAM5, +0.37%  rose $1.15, or 0.2%, to $765.80 an ounce.

May copper HGK5, -0.23%  jumped nearly 9 cents, or 3.5%, to $2.66 a pound after posting losses over the past two sessions.

Gasoline Market Update

April gasoline RBJ5, -0.08% fell 2.5 cents, or 1.4%, to $1.774 a gallon.

April heating oil HOJ5, +0.00%  ended at $1.722 a gallon, down 5 cents, or 2.8%.

Gas Market Update

April natural gas NGJ15, +0.82%  fell 10.7 cents, or 3.7%, to end at $2.813 per million British thermal units.

Oil futures settle at third lowest level of the year

Oil futures saw their third lowest settlement of the year on Thursday as traders fretted over record U.S. supplies and failed to see any real indications that crude output is headed for a significant decline.

Crude for delivery in April CLJ5, -0.14%  settled at $43.96 a barrel, down 70 cents, or 1.6%, on the New York Mercantile Exchange, giving up much of the 2.8% gain it scored a day earlier.

Gold settles at highest price in two weeks

Gold futures settled at a two-week high on Thursday, adding to gains that accelerated after the Federal Reserve signaled it would be less “patient” in hiking interest rates but indicated that rate increases would come at a gradual pace.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.07%  on Comex rose $17.70, or 1.5%, to settle at $1,169 an ounce. Prices haven’t settled at a level this high since March 5.

Platinum Market Update

 April platinum PLJ5, +0.26%  rose 30 cents to end at $1,115.20 an ounce.

 June palladium PAM5, +0.90%  tacked on $1.75, or 0.2%, to $788.70 an ounce. 

Copper was the only major metal on Comex to gain for the week. May copper HGK5, +0.56%  settled at $2.6635 a pound, up a half cent for the session to tally a gain of roughly 2.2% for the week.

Silver Market Update

May silver SIK5, +0.80%  fell 2.2 cents, or 0.1%, to $15.494 an ounce — nearly 2% lower for the week.

April heating oil HOJ5, -3.75% fell 6.6 cents, or 3.7%, to $1.713 a gallon, down over 8% for the week.

April natural gas NGJ15, -0.48%  fell less than a cent to $2.727 per million British thermal units. It saw a weekly decline of nearly 4%.

Gasoline Market Update

Nymex gasoline for April delivery RBJ5, -2.96%  fell 4.7 cents, or 2.6%, to $1.762 a gallon, poised for a loss of more than 6% for the week. 

Gold loses 1% on week, stays above $1,150

Gold futures held their ground above $1,150 an ounce on Friday, finding some support as economic data cooled expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase as early as June, but prices lost 1% for the week, pressured by gains in the U.S. dollar.

Gold wavered between small losses and gains. April gold GCJ5, +0.56% climbed 50 cents to settle at $1,152.40 an ounce on Comex. For the week, it logged a loss of about 1%.

Oil futures suffer nearly 10% weekly plunge

Oil futures fell sharply on Friday, to tally a weekly decline of nearly 10%, as a monthly report from the International Energy Agency raised concerns that the glut of crude supplies and tightening storage capacity in the U.S. may cause prices to weaken further.

Crude-oil for delivery in April CLJ5, -4.36%  fell $2.21, or 4.7%, to settle at $44.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices ended the week with a loss of 9.6%.

April Brent crude LCOJ5, -4.38%  on London’s ICE Futures exchange shed $2.41, or 4.2%, to settle at $54.67 a barrel, with the front-month contract down 8.5% for the week.