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.

Current Market Update

Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets: 

Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, -0.03% ) up 0.1% 

 Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.28% ) down 0.3% 

 Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.23% ) down 0.2% (at break) 

 Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.31% ) up 0.3% 

 Seoul (Kospi SEU, -0.33% ) down 0.4% 

 Mumbai (Sensex 1, -0.24% ) flat 

 Taipei (Taiex Y9999, -0.10% ) down 0.1%