Futures
Oil prices decline on Friday as crude production in the Gulf of Mexico makes a slow comeback from Hurricane Ida, but both the U.S. and global benchmarks score solid weekly gains for a fourth week in a row. 3:12 p.m. Sept. 17, 2021
Gold futures end lower on Friday, with prices tallying a third consecutive session loss and a second weekly decline in a row, as the U.S. dollar strengthened ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week. 2:06 p.m. Sept. 17, 2021
Oil futures shake off early losses Thursday, with U.S. prices settling unchanged for the session and the global crude benchmark eking out a fresh finish at its highest in about seven weeks. 3:16 p.m. Sept. 16, 2021
Gold futures suffer back-to-back losses on Thursday and the sharpest daily decline in bullion in almost six weeks as the U.S. dollar and yields for government debt popped higher. 1:58 p.m. Sept. 16, 2021
Natural-gas prices reach their highest levels in more than seven years thanks to a slow recovery in Gulf of Mexico production after an August hurricane, and strong U.S. exports and tight supplies. 12:38 p.m. Sept. 16, 2021
Oil futures climb on Wednesday to their highest settlement since late July, after U.S. government data show a more than six million-barrel weekly drop in domestic crude supplies --- marking a sixth-consecutive weekly decline. 3:04 p.m. Sept. 15, 2021
Gold futures post their first loss in three sessions on Wednesday, as prices retreat from the highest settlement in nearly two weeks. 1:55 p.m. Sept. 15, 2021
Aluminum prices have more than doubled in the U.S. Midwest this year to their highest on record, and climbed to a 13-year high on the London Metal Exchange. That follows disruptions to global supplies of the metal brought on, in part, by COVID-related slowdowns, high transportation costs, U.S. import restrictions and labor shortages. 8:17 a.m. Sept. 15, 2021
Oil futures settle little changed on Tuesday, holding ground at their highest level in about six weeks, as crude and natural-gas production concerns tied to Nicholas, which made landfall on the Texas coast as a hurricane, eased. 2:59 p.m. Sept. 14, 2021
Palladium suffers a sixth decline in a row on Tuesday, with prices trading under $2,000 an ounce and posting their lowest finish in over 14 months as global computer chip shortages hurt demand for the metal in car manufacturing. 2:02 p.m. Sept. 14, 2021
Gold futures end higher Tuesday, finding support as the U.S. dollar weakened after a report showing the cost of living in the U.S. rose in August at the slowest pace in seven months. 1:57 p.m. Sept. 14, 2021
Oil futures climb Monday, with U.S. benchmark prices settling above $70 a barrel at their highest in nearly six weeks, and natural-gas futures rallies by almost 6%, supported by concerns about a slow recovery in Gulf of Mexico output in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. 3:38 p.m. Sept. 13, 2021
Gold futures end higher Monday, but fail to reclaim the $1,800-an-ounce threshold as the dollar gains ground. 1:55 p.m. Sept. 13, 2021
Corn futures end higher Friday, finding support a day after settling at the lowest since January, as USDA lifted its U.S. production forecast, but also raised demand expectations for the commodity. 3:02 p.m. Sept. 10, 2021
Oil futures settle higher Friday to tally a gain for the week as investors assess China's decision to release crude from its strategic reserve and continue to monitor the slow return of production in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida. 3:00 p.m. Sept. 10, 2021
Gold prices end back below the key $1,800-an-ounce mark on Friday, suffering a weekly loss, their first in five weeks. 2:03 p.m. Sept. 10, 2021
Oil futures end lower on Thursday, pressured by reports that China plans a release from its crude-oil reserve in a move to ease commodity inflation. A slow post-hurricane recovery in Gulf of Mexico energy output, however, raises expectations of larger drawdowns for U.S. petroleum supplies in the weeks to come. 3:09 p.m. Sept. 9, 2021
Gold futures finish higher on Thursday, after spending much of the session seesawing between gains and losses, as investors weigh a drop in weekly U.S. jobless claims to their lowest since the pandemic began and news that the European Central Bank will slow asset purchases. 2:22 p.m. Sept. 9, 2021
Over 10 years ago, a disaster in Japan cast a shadow on the future for nuclear energy and the uranium used to fuel it, but efforts across the globe to reduce carbon emissions have revived interest in the power source. 2:05 p.m. Sept. 9, 2021
Natural-gas futures rally to highest finish since 2014 on Wednesday and oil prices also climb, finding support on a sluggish return of energy output in the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida. 4:04 p.m. Sept. 8, 2021
Gold futures hold below the key $1,800 mark on Wednesday, stretching their losses to a second consecutive session. 2:24 p.m. Sept. 8, 2021
Oil futures end lower Tuesday, with global crude prices building on weakness seen the previous session after Saudi Arabia slashed crude prices for Asia. 3:17 p.m. Sept. 7, 2021
Gold futures decline on Tuesday, with their sharpest daily fall in about a month, pulling prices back below the key $1,800 mark as the U.S. dollar strengthens and Treasury yields climb, weighing on appetite for precious metals. 2:11 p.m. Sept. 7, 2021
Oil prices come under pressure Monday, as Saudi Aramco slashed prices for its Asian customers for the first time in four months, and by a bigger amount than expected. 3:39 a.m. Sept. 6, 2021
Oil futures end lower on Friday, on the back of a smaller-than-expected gains in U.S. nonfarm payrolls in August, but a slow post-hurricane recovery in energy operations at the Gulf of Mexico contributed to a gain in prices for the week. 3:05 p.m. Sept. 3, 2021
Gold futures climb on Friday, with a lower-than-expected increase in new jobs last month prompting prices for the precious metal to notch a gain for the week and mark their highest finish since mid-June. 2:19 p.m. Sept. 3, 2021
Oil futures end sharply higher on Thursday, with U.S. prices at their highest in a month. Prices are supported by data that showing a sharp drop in U.S. crude inventories, even as a group of global oil producers made no changes to their plan to gradually increase crude production, analysts said. 3:25 p.m. Sept. 2, 2021
Gold futures log a back-to-back losson Thursday, failing to find support even with the dollar steady and bonds yields edging down, as investors look to August U.S. employment data due late this week to determine the path forward for bullion. 2:02 p.m. Sept. 2, 2021
Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the conclusion of the U.S. summer driving season, but it may not mark the end of the peak period for gasoline prices, which stand near their highest since 2014. 1:45 p.m. Sept. 2, 2021
