Submitted by Tom Madison on May 19, 2011 - 10:09pm. Business | Business News | Investing | News (Best Syndication News) Commodities are higher in Asia Friday after falling in North America Thursday (see charts below). Precious Metals Both gold and silver declined on the COMEX Thursday (see survey #2 settle price chart below). June gold on the COMEX fell $3.40 (-0.23%) to $1,492.40 an ounce. Silver for June delivery declined 16 cents (-0.47%) to $34.93 an ounce. Platinum was down 0.61 percent and Palladium was down 1.23 percent on the NYMEX. Copper on the COMEX was down 1.28 percent to 4.0525 cents per pound. In Asia commodities are opening higher. On the Tokyo Commodities Exchange (TOCOM), gold for April 2012 delivery was selling for ¥ 3,932 per gram. That works out to $1,498.60 per ounce. Most of the trading for all commodities on the TOCOM was for April. Silver was ¥91.9 per gram. That is $35.03 an ounce. Platinum and palladium were both higher. See the TOCOM chart below. Energy Prices Light sweet crude oil on the NYMEX was lower. The product was down $1.66 (-1.66%) to $98.44. Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) was higher. The benchmark oil was up $2.31 (+112.30) to $112.30 a barrel. In Tokyo oil was up 2.32 percent to $105.69 a barrel. Agriculture Soybeans were higher but corn futures were lower today. Corn futures on the CBOT were down 12.50 (-1.85%) to $6.615 a bushel. See survey #1 below for more products. By: Tom Madison Business Reporter Image: Corn by Andrew Butko Click here for Commodity Prices Today Click here for Forex Currency Exchange Rates Today Click here for Stock Prices Today TOCOM: 5/20/2011 Thursday, May 19, 2011 One-Day One-Day Yen Tokyo Commodities Exchange Dollars ¥ Change % Change 3,932 Gold $1,498.60 33 0.85% Apr-12 91.9 Silver $35.03 3 2.80% Apr-12 4,713 Platinum $1,796.26 35 0.75% Apr-12 1,927 Palladium $734.44 27 1.42% Apr-12 54,250 Oil $105.69 1,230 2.32% Apr-12 64,180 Chukyo Gasoline $2.98 610 0.96% Apr-12 Survey #2 Settle Prices: Thursday Survey # 2 (BSNCOM2) One-Day One-Day 1 Week 30-Day 100-Day 5/19/2011 Energy and Metal Settle $ Change % Change % Change % Change % Change Month 112.30 Brent crude 2.31 2.10% -0.24% -8.18% 19.66% June 75.82 Coal 0.70 0.93% 3.68% 0.69% 0.76% June 4.0525 Copper HG -0.05 -1.28% 2.07% -7.27% -6.37% July 98.44 Crude oil (CL) -1.66 -1.66% -0.54% -9.55% 7.60% June 2.65 Ethanol ZE CBOT 0.00 0.08% 6.34% -1.85% 12.81% June 1492.40 Gold GC -3.40 -0.23% -0.96% 2.32% 6.18% June 2.89 Heating Oil (HO) -0.01 -0.39% -0.65% -9.29% 14.17% June 4.09 Natural gas NG -0.10 -2.48% -2.38% -1.25% -4.52% June 728.15 Palladium PA -9.05 -1.23% 1.58% -7.19% -7.50% June 1769.00 Platinum PL -10.90 -0.61% -0.11% -1.60% 0.99% July 34.93 Silver SI -0.16 -0.47% 0.39% -11.31% 15.20% July 2.93 RB RBOB Gasoline -0.03 -1.00% -4.50% -8.36% 22.03% June 58.50 UxC Uranium U3O8 -0.50 -0.85% 0.86% -0.85% -6.77% May 337.40 Average All -1.76 -0.52% -0.06% -1.73% 1.67% All 681.17 Metals Average -4.01 -0.59% -0.11% -1.37% 1.12% Metals 42.73 Energy Average 0.17 0.41% 0.60% -6.42% 9.91% Energy 43 Ratio Gold/Silver Prices 0.10 0.24% -1.34% 15.37% -7.83% Ratio Survey #1: Thursday Survey #1 One-Day One-Day 1 Week 30-Day 100-Day 5/19/2011 Commodity Platform $ Change % Change % Change % Change % Change 2,539.00 Aluminum LME 3-mo buy 13.00 0.51% -1.86% -4.39% 5.22% 111.42 Brent Crude IPE 1.43 1.30% -0.48% -8.62% 18.72% 2,974.00 Cocoa CSCE -25.00 -0.83% -2.14% -0.70% -2.78% 264.7 Coffee CSCE -5.35 -1.98% -3.73% -0.09% 10.71% 4.0675 Copper COMEX -0.04 -0.95% 2.35% -6.92% -6.06% 661.5 Corn X 100 CBOT -12.50 -1.85% 5.00% -13.30% 6.14% 155.5 Cotton NYCE -5.65 -3.51% 8.32% -27.13% 9.74% 638 CRB Com Index NYFE 6.00 0.95% 1.11% -4.35% 4.85% 98.99 Crude oil NYMEX -1.52 -1.51% 0.72% -8.88% 8.39% 126.53 Feeder cattle CME -1.65 -1.29% -5.45% -9.07% 2.54% 1,495.70 Gold GC COMEX -1.30 -0.09% -0.50% 2.54% 6.46% 91.85 Lean hogs CME 0.50 0.55% -3.01% -8.65% 17.01% 107.3 Live cattle CME -1.98 -1.81% -3.36% -9.41% -0.46% 4.16 Natural gas NYMEX -0.09 -2.12% -1.65% 1.22% -2.12% 182.9 Orange juice NYCE 2.05 1.13% 3.36% 11.63% 12.66% 728.15 Palladium NYMEX 13.90 1.95% 1.78% -7.19% -7.36% 1,768.60 Platinum NYMEX -22.40 -1.25% 0.00% -1.18% 0.84% 121 Pork bellies CME -5.50 -4.35% -4.35% 0.83% 13.88% 34.95 Silver SI COMEX 0.00 0.00% -3.56% -11.27% 15.27% 1,379.00 Soybeans X 100 CBOT 2.50 0.18% 2.57% 0.18% -0.58% 21.85 Sugar CSCE -0.88 -3.87% 0.97% -12.84% -36.57% 2.8903 Unleaded gasoline NYMEX -0.04 -1.22% -4.99% -9.24% 19.88% 812 Wheat X 100 CBOT -5.00 -0.61% 10.63% -0.61% 1.72% 5/19/2011 Commodity Type Change One-Day 1 Week 30-Day 100-Day 622.09 Average (All) -Alum BSNCOM1 -2.52 -0.40% 0.17% -2.71% 1.79% 54.37 Energy Energy -0.05 -0.10% -0.02% -8.58% 13.35% 111.67 Livestock * Live stock -2.16 -1.90% -4.16% -6.58% 7.39% 806.43 Agricultural Agricultural -6.23 -0.77% 1.36% -2.53% 0.10% 806.29 Metals Minus Aluminum Metals -1.97 -0.24% 0.10% -1.11% 1.31%

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