Gold and silver prices 2011 continued to fall yesterday – May 4

The third business day of the May continued to show falls for major commodities including crude oil, natural gas, gold and silver as they have kept their plunge.

Here is a summary of the changes in commodities and precious metals for May 4^th:

Precious Metals prices:

Silver price continued its freefall for the third straight day, yesterday by 7.51% to 39.39$ – this is the lowest price level since April 6^th; gold price, also declined by 1.63% and reached 1,515$.

During May, gold prices decreased by 2.6% and silver price fell by 19%.

Oil and Gas prices:

Spot oil price (WTI) also declined for the third straight day, yesterday by 1.23% as it reached 109.24$/b; during May the WTI spot oil price fell by 3.7%.

Brent spot price also fell by 2.73% and reached 120.63$/b.

As a result, the difference between Brent and WTI inclined to 11.39$/b.

Natural gas spot price (Henry Hub) moderately declined yesterday by 0.22% and reached 4.59$/mmbtu.

The Henry Hub future price also decreased by 1.93% to 4.58$/mmbtu, as a result the spread between future and spot price declined to -0.01$, i.e. backwardation.

EURO/ USD increased very moderately by 0.01%, as the USD depreciates against the EURO.

For a more detailed report on major currencies, check out Forex crunch.

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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