Major commodities prices started the week with sharp rises including crude oil prices (WTI and Brent oil), gold prices, silver prices, and natural gas spot price.
Here is a summary of the price movements of precious metals and energy commodities for July 5th:
Oil and Gas prices:
WTI Spot oil price inclined by 2.05% to $96.89 per barrel; during July the WTI spot oil price rose by 1.5%.
Brent spot price also inclined by 1.93% to $113.53 per barrel.
Due to these changes the difference between Brent and WTI inclined to $16.64/bbl.
Natural gas Henry Hub future price (August delivery) inclined by 1.16% to $4.36/mmbtu. The Henry Hub spot price also increased by 1.85% to $4.40/mmbtu; the gap between the spot and future price fell to -$0.04, i.e. backwardation. During July, natural gas spot price (Henry Hub) inclined by 2.8%.
Precious Metals prices:
Gold price bounced back from its fall on Friday and increased by 2.03% to $1,512. Silver price also increased by 5.06% to $35.41.
During July, gold prices increased by 0.7% and silver price by 1.7%.
The EURO/ USD declined yesterday by 0.67%, as the USD appreciated against the EURO. During July the EURO/USD fell by 0.5% compared with the rate at the beginning of the month.
A summary of yesterday’s Prices Changes:
The table below includes: closing prices, daily percent change, and change in US dollars (except for USD/CAD, in which the change is in Canadian dollars):
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