With the Dow up 420 points at 10,800, futures contracts for June on light sweet crude oil are up $1.55 at $76.66.
Bloomberg’s Anna Stablum reports copper rose the most in six weeks, with futures for July delivery up 9 cents, or 3%, at $3.2345 per lb. Other metals futures, including nickel, rebounded as well.
Bloomberg also notes Corn futures for July rose 2 cents, or half a percent, to $3.74 a bushel, while soybean futures for July rose 2.5 cents to $9.625 per bushel.
Natural gas is up 16 cents at $4.18 per million cubic feet.
Gold futures, however, are down $8.20 for the June contract, at $1,201.80 per ounce.
