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April platinum PLJ5, -0.38% shed 30 cents to $1,189.60 an ounce.
June palladium PAM5, -0.51% rose 55 cents to $831.65 an ounce.
May copper HGK5, +0.26% fell 4.1 cents to $2.657 a pound.
April natural gas NGJ15, +1.03% tacked on 1.4 cents, or 0.5%, to end at $2.712 per million British thermal units.
Nymex gasoline for April rose 5.3 cents, or 2.8%, to $1.9499 a gallon, while April heating oil HOJ5, -0.76% settled at $1.9395, up 5.2 cents, or 2.8%.
Crude-oil futures rebounded on Tuesday, with prices for Brent leading the charge higher as violence in Libya and concerns surrounding Iran’s nuclear program raised risks to global oil supplies.
Crude-oil futures for delivery in April CLJ5, +0.02% settled at $50.52 a barrel, up 93 cents, or 1.9%, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude for April delivery LCOJ5, -0.51% on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $1.48, or 2.5%, to end at $61.02 a barrel.
Gold futures rang up a consecutive loss on Tuesday as investors digested a spate of economic reports from a busy week of economic indicators, which culminates with the Friday jobs report.
Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.24% fell by $3.80, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,204.40 an ounce on Comex, while May silver SIK5, +0.09% settled down 15.5 cents, or 0.9%, to $16.296 an ounce after a 0.7% loss a day earlier.