Commodity Blog

Archive for March 9th, 2010

Sugar futures dropped for a second day in New York, reaching the lowest price in six months, on speculation that production in India will increase. Analysts say that production in India may reach as much as 16.8 million metric tons of sugar in the year through September. Sugar futures more than doubled in 2009 as bad weather conditions cut supplies from India and Brazil. May futures for raw-sugar delivery fell $0.0077 (3.6 percent) to $0.208 per pound by 9:22 on ICE Futures U.S. in New York.

Wheat slid to a four-week low as the dollar gained, curbing appeal of commodities priced in the U.S. currency. The greenback rose 0.5 percent versus a basket of six major currencies today. U.S. wheat export may total 22.45 million metric tons in the year ending May 31st. May futures for wheat delivery dwindled $0.0425 (0.9 percent) to $4.9075 per bushel as of 9:58 on CBoT.

Latest commodity prices (ICE, NYMEX, CME) as of 16:00 GMT:

Oil (Brent) — $79.66
Gold — $1,116.13
Silver — $17.14
Palladium — $463.50
Platinum — $1,580.94
Copper — $7,485.00
Aluminum — $2,249.00
Nickel — $22,125.00
Zinc — $2,357.50
Cocoa — $2,761.00
Sugar — $20.63
Corn — $360.25
Soybean — $933.00