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Platinum Market Update

Thursday, 27 November 2014

January platinum PLF5, -0.55%  settled higher by $3.90, or 0.3%, at $1,228.40 an ounce, while December palladium PAZ4, -0.61%  finished up by $6, or nearly 0.8%, at $801.60 an ounce. High-grade copper for December delivery HGZ4, +0.22%  settled unchanged at $2.96 a pound.

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Gasoline Market Update



Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for January RBF5, -1.95%   — the benchmark gasoline contract — ended little changed at $2.01 a gallon.

 January natural gas NGF15, -0.07%  lost 4 cents to $4.36 per million British thermal units.


Oil ends at four-year low ahead of OPEC meeting

Crude-oil futures extended their slide Wednesday, ending at a four-year low on expectations the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries won’t move to significantly cut oil production.

Sweet crude futures for delivery in January CLF5, -1.19%  declined 40 cents to close at $73.69 a barrel, continuing to plumb levels last seen by a most-active contract in September 2010. January Brent crude LCOF5, -1.56%   on London’s ICE Futures exchange slid 54 cents to $77.80 a barrel.


Gold ends lower, still flirting with $1,200 level

Gold prices edged down Wednesday in muted, pre-Thanksgiving trade, catching their breath after a solid advance so far this month.

December gold GCZ4, -0.73% finished down 50 cents, or less than 0.1%, at $1,196.60 an ounce, continuing to hold below the key $1,200 level. It’s up 2.1% in the month to date, having dipped just 0.1% so far in this holiday-shortened week. Meanwhile, December silver SIZ4, -2.07%  settled unchanged at $16.55 an ounce.

Current Market Update

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

Tokyo (Nikkei Average) down 0.7% 
 Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) down 0.4% 
 Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.4% (at break) 
 Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.1% 
 Seoul (Kospi) up 0.2% 
Mumbai (Sensex) flat 
 Taipei (Taiex) up 0.6%