[BRIEFING.COM] Commodities have improved from earlier levels. That has helped put the CRB Commodity Index in positive territory with a 0.1% gain.
Oil prices are still in the red, though. The energy component was last quoted with a 0.3% loss at $76.30 per barrel. Prices had been as low as $75.53 per barrel earlier.
Natural gas prices are down 0.1% to $3.80 per MMBtu. It was actually up to $3.85 per MMBtu just recently.
As for precious metals, gold prices are down a narrow 0.1% to $1295.50 per ounce. Silver is under sharper pressure as it contends with a 0.8% loss at $21.30 per ounce. Should silver’s loss persist, it would be the first slide in the price of the precious metal in one week.
