Commodities Analysis & Opinion

Copper prices have lost more than 9% over the past week, more than 12% since the beginning of the year, and are at their lowest levels since mid-2010. The main culprit has been increased concern...

MUMBAI: As seen above in daily price chart of MCX Natural Gas March contract, it was trading in the “Lower top Lower bottom formation” for last couple of days. Broadly it was forming a...

CLCrude prices dropped on Wednesday after data revealed U.S. stockpiles shot up last week, stoking concerns the U.S. economy remains awash in crude oil. Crude drops as U.S. inventories surge The U.S....

The narrative about how the clearing of US cold weather which should send prices lower is getting really old. This is a reasonable charge as historically Natural Gas prices tend to rally around...

The recent tumble in the price of copper has sparked concerns that this cyclically sensitive commodity is signaling an increase in deflationary risk for the world economy. The initial catalyst for...

Gold powered higher yesterday, breaking through resistance at $1355 and moving as high as $1375 this morning, touching the top boundary of the uptrend channel.The dollar continues to exhibit weakness,...

West Texas Intermediate crude held ground near the lowest level in two weeks on Thursday, following the biggest slump in two months. Brent futures were little changed.The energy markets took a...

Precious-Gold rose for a fourth day on Thursday, hovering around six-month high, as escalating geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine and worries of China slowdown spurred haven demand on...

The gold bug is alive and well. Prices climbed once more during the US session yesterday, sending price all the way up to 1,371 before coming back down. Once again the increase in prices is...

Wheat May caught us out with a break above 663/666 opening the door to further gains in to the end of the week. We have beaten our target of 680/681 and the push above 685 is an added positive for...

Corn May held just above the target of 475/473 and is reaching as far as 491 this morning. We are overbought short term so could use this as a selling opportunity today. However shorts need tight...

Soybeans May continued lower as predicted but unexpectedly broke support at 1380/78 to reach 1366/65. A good bounce from here has reached resistance at 1387/88 but the short term outlook is more...

Commodities are very much the center of attention in the financial markets. The first Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, is the CRB index. Through last Friday (March 7) it had rallied 13.5% since...

Aluminium’s 3M forward prices at the LME ended the day at $1758.50, up by $8.50 from the previous close. At the MCX platform, the March futures contract ended at Rs 106, up by Rs 0.45 from its...