Weekly Outlook of Financial Markets for July 9-13

Following the recent ECB rate cut by 25pp to 0.75%- its lowest rate and the disappointing U.S non-farm payroll report major commodities prices including oil, natural gas and gold declined during the second half of last week. Will this downward…

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Recap July 2-6

Crude oil prices continued to zigzag from gains to losses. The recent ECB rate cut by 25pp to 0.75% its lowest rate may have contributed to the decline in oil prices via the Euro/USD exchange rate. The disappointing U.S non-farm…

Natural Gas Price– Weekly Recap July 2-6

Natural Gas chart - percent change 2-6 July 2012

Natural gas prices changed direction and for the first time in three weeks the future price declined. On the other hand the NG spot price continued to rise. Following these changes the difference between future and spot shifted from Contango…

Gold & Silver Prices | Weekly Recap July 2-6

weekly precious metals chart 2-6 July 2012

Precious metals took another dive during the first week of July. This fall coincided with the decline in many other financial markets such as oil, U.S stocks etc. The two main events of the week that contributed to fall of…