During last week there was a rise in the forex and commodities markets volatility: the decision of the FOMC and ECB to keep policy unchanged dragged the down the markets, while the recent non-farm payroll report changed the market sentiment…
Natural gas prices started the week on a positive note but this trend has changed on during the second part of the week. By the end of the week natural gas rates tumbled down. I have referred to this change…
Natural gas prices changed direction and tumbled down during the last few days after they had increased during the past few months. There are some who think there will be a change in the warmer than normal weather in the…
Major commodities were traded with mixed trend during the first day of the month: crude oil price (WTI) rose while Brent oil decreased again on Wednesday; gold and silver prices continued to decline; natural gas Henry Hub (August delivery) and…
Most major commodities declined during the last day of the month: crude oil prices including WTI and Brent oil decreased on Tuesday; gold and silver prices also decreased; natural gas Henry Hub (August delivery) remained unchanged while the spot price…
Today the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published; according to the recent report, the U.S. Manufacturing PMI index edged up to 49.8% during July 2012. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI is an index that estimates the economic progress of the U.S.…
Most major commodities moved in a mixed trend during Monday: crude oil prices including WTI and Brent oil declined; gold and silver prices increased; natural gas Henry Hub (August delivery) and spot price hiked. The Euro changed direction and fell…
During last week the Euro and commodities prices started off falling but by the second part of the week they have changed direction and rallied. The pledge of ECB President to preserve the Euro did the trick. Now it will…
Most major commodities rose during Friday: crude oil prices including WTI and Brent oil rose again; gold and silver prices didn’t do much as both precious metals edged up; natural gas Henry Hub (August delivery) and spot price declined again.…
Natural gas prices started off the week rising but soon after they have changed direction and tumbled down throughout the remainder of week. Following these developments the difference between future and spot shifted from Contango to Backwardation. The NG storage…