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March silver SIH5, +0.53% also declined by 1.9 cents, or 0.1%, to end at $16.254 an ounce.
March gasoline RBH5, -0.24% closed about a half cent at $1.646 a gallon after a 1.5% climb Friday.
March heating oil HOH5, -1.88% jumped 10.6 cents, or 5%, to settle at $2.218 a gallon, on the heels of a 5.9% jump on Friday.
Crude-oil futures settled below $50 a barrel on Monday amid investor concerns about excess crude supply in U.S. markets, but cold weather and a refinery strike fed a 5% rally in heating-oil prices.
Crude for delivery in April CLJ5, +0.16% lost $1.36, or 2.7%, to settle at $49.45 a barrel. April Brent crude LCOJ5, +0.46% lost $1.32, or 2.2%, to end at $58.90 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange.
Gold prices settled lower on Monday, but found some support at the key $1,200 level as traders watched developments linked to Greece’s bailout extension.
Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.10% fell $4.10, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,200.80 an ounce on Comex. The decline marked a second straight session decline for prices.
Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.37% ) up 0.3%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.57% ) down 0.6%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.76% ) closed for holiday
; Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.03% ) flat
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.49% ) up 0.6%
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.10% ) up 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +1.06% ) up 1.1%