Elevated prices for oil have started impacting on demand, plus economists have started incorporating a negative impact on global growth.
After some frenetic weeks of trading post-quake, the spot uranium market went quiet last week as participants attended a world uranium conference.
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with ANZ and Morgan Stanley adjusting forecasts and a study showing gold is a beneficiary of oil price spikes.
Is oil above US$120/bbl indicating a speculative bubble, or are the fundamentals saying differently?
Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills offers some insights into the nickel and cobalt market.
A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with silver continuing to register record production, some coal contracts settled and an update on conditions in China and India.
EconMatters’ Dian L. Chu discovers a strong disconnect between the price of oil and market fundamentals.
Spot uranium stabilised last week as the world continued to debate the fallout from Fukushima and Kazakhstan moved to limit supply.
While Libya is the immediate focus of the oil market Barclays Capital suggests political tensions elsewhere in the MENA region will sustain market volatility.
Market analysts at FXCM view crude’s technical picture as indicating probable strong support below US$101 per barrel.