Commodities: all news & analysis

Explore our extensive commodities news, which unveils critical insights into price movements, trends, and expert forecasts in the raw materials market. By examining price actions and understanding the factors influencing commodity values, understand current market dynamics. This page is designed to boost your research on historical trends, identify seasonal patterns, and sharpen your trading strategies across sectors such as energy, metals, and agriculture. Equip yourself with the knowledge necessary to enhance your understanding of the commodities landscape and elevate your trading decisions.

Oil softens, gold steadies

Oil dips lower Crude prices remain volatile as energy traders grapple with recession fears and a tight oil market that may see the G7 unveil price caps on Russian crude. Oil might have confusing reactions to economic data until Wall Street agrees upon when the peak is in place for Treasury yields. Stronger economic data would normally be a positive for the crude demand outlook, but right now the reaction might be negative for oil as traders will view strong readings as a greenlight for the Fed

27-06-2022 12:11 GMT by Edward Moya

Oil edges lower, gold flat

Oil cools further amid some supply hope Oil prices are marginally lower at the start of the week after enjoying a bit of a rebound on Friday. We appear to be seeing an interesting moment in oil where a tight market is being priced against a likely economic decline, even a recession, which could help to rebalance it. And there may be other factors contributing in some way to the cooling-off, with Nigeria indicating that it will be able to hit its production quota by August having fallen well shor

27-06-2022 11:20 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil recovers, gold inches higher

Oil prices bounce Oil prices rose on Friday and Brent crude and WTI has unwound most of early last week’s losses. The futures curves remain in very firm backwardation and in the real world, supplies are as tight as ever with increasing risks around Russia and European natural gas exports.

27-06-2022 04:42 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Market Insights Podcast (Episode 346)

Disconnect or Rebound? Jonny Hart speaks to APAC Senior Market Analyst Jeffrey Halley about news impacting the market and the week ahead. It's another blockbuster episode today, and we are covering a LOT of ground. Firstly, the stock markets are rallying impressively despite recession expectations rising.

27-06-2022 03:27 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Mid-Market Update: Stocks rally on easing inflation expectations and Bullard's optimism, Oil rallies, Gold remains a choppy trade, Bitcoin edges higher

US stocks are rallying after a key survey showed inflation expectations are easing and following Fed Bullard’s optimistic comments about the economy. Hopes that inflation is peaking and that the economy is still on solid footing has some investors confidently buying up heavily discounted stocks. It seems Wall Street is starting to believe that even if the economy has a recession, it will be a short one. This could still be a bear market rally, but that might change if we get some less pessimist

24-06-2022 13:26 GMT by Edward Moya

A week of consolidation

A week of consolidation in stock markets after last week's rout, with Europe looking to end the week with small gains. It hasn't been the blockbuster week that last was. But that's only natural, last week we had a wrath of big central bank meetings and rate announcements.

24-06-2022 06:50 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil almost unchanged, gold falls

Oil prices are noisy but unchanged Oil prices had another noisy overnight session, trading in wide intraday ranges. Ultimately, as the dust settled, both Brent and WTI finished almost unchanged for the second day in a row.

24-06-2022 04:49 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Oil slides again, gold vulnerable to technical selling

Oil falls as demand eases Oil prices softened after softer economic data in the US and Europe confirmed fears that crude demand destruction is happening. The oil market however remains very tight and declining production should prevent prices from falling below the USD 100 a barrel level.

23-06-2022 16:33 GMT by Edward Moya

Market Insights Podcast (Episode 344)

OANDA Senior Market Analyst Craig Erlam reviews the latest market news with Jonny Hart. They discuss Jerome Powell's comments in Congress, UK inflation, the CBRT rate decision and the latest gas situation in Europe.

23-06-2022 11:52 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil falls, gold continues range-trade

Oil prices edge lower in Asia Oil prices tumbled in Asia yesterday morning but managed to recover some of their losses throughout the rest of the day. Nevertheless, oil still recorded a substantial loss for the session.

23-06-2022 05:30 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Oil crushed on recession fears, gold steadies

Oil pares losses after Powell testimony Oil volatility will remain elevated now that opposing opinions are emerging on where prices will finish the year. Oil prices are under pressure as global recession fears accelerated crude demand destruction calls. Inflation and growth concerns won’t be improving anytime soon and that has all the short-term drivers turning negative for the crude demand outlook. Citigroup's Morse is expecting oil to fall to the USD 80s by the fourth quarter, while Goldma

22-06-2022 13:24 GMT by Edward Moya

Oil retreats, gold stuck in range

Are we seeing a recession being priced into oil markets? Is oil prices getting whacked the clearest sign yet of recession fears spreading across financial markets? With equity markets, it's been a death by a thousand cuts, as inflation panic has morphed into tightening and growth fears and finally the reality of a recession.

22-06-2022 10:13 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil pares gains, gold range trades

Oil prices slump in Asia Oil prices probed the topside intraday overnight but gave back those gains with Brent crude almost unchanged at USD 114.60 a barrel, and WTI edging 0.55% lower to USD 109.65 a barrel. In Asia, both contracts have slumped, with WTI notably, falling through longer-term support.

22-06-2022 04:57 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Oil rebounds, gold struggles

Oil rallies on tight supplies Oil prices are rallying as last week’s selloff was overdone given how the short-term crude demand outlook remains for the US and China. The oil market remains too tight over the short-term and rising expectations over tougher sanctions with Russian crude should keep demand especially strong here. Energy traders saw oil prices slide almost 15% in just a week, despite a very tight market. The paid-for crude prices wasn’t justified and more of a reflection of the r

21-06-2022 14:06 GMT by Edward Moya

Oil prices recover, gold stuck in range

Oil risks remain tilted to the upside Oil prices are around 1% higher, continuing to recover from Friday's sharp sell-off. The oil market remains extremely tight but it seems the rising threat of recession created a compelling argument for it to correct lower last week.

21-06-2022 09:22 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil moves higher, gold range-trades

Oil prices start reversing the Friday slump As I outlined above, oil futures have started reversing the Friday price slump as speculative capitulation collides with the reality of tight energy markets in the real world. Brent crude held USD 112.00 overnight, finishing 0.92% higher at USD 114.05 a barrel.

21-06-2022 05:25 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Bullish outlooks for oil and gold

Oil hit by recession fears, gas prices remain high Oil prices are steady on Monday after tumbling late last week as economic fears took hold. The market remains extremely tight but the threat of recession is one of the few negative forces for crude prices.

20-06-2022 10:46 GMT by Craig Erlam

Oil slides, gold range-trades

Oil slumps on recession fears Oil prices plummeted on Friday as increasing recession fears after soft US Manufacturing and Industrial Production data saw a mess sell-off in futures markets. Brent crude fell by 5.0% to USD 113.15 a barrel, but WTI plummeted by 6.0% to USD 110.00 a barrel.

20-06-2022 05:18 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Market Insights Podcast (Episode 343)

Jonny Hart speaks to APAC Senior Market Analyst Jeffrey Halley about news impacting the market and the week ahead. It's another blockbuster episode today as we range far and wide across the global economy and financial markets. US markets are closed today but Asian equities, ex-China, are having a tough day at the office despite a steady US Close on Friday.

20-06-2022 04:01 GMT by Jeffrey Halley

Week Ahead - Acceptance

Heading for a recession? This past week felt like a big moment for central banks and financial markets. It was the moment when the majority accepted that inflation isn't just a problem, it's one that needs to be dealt with powerfully in order to prevent it from spiralling out of control and becoming ingrained in the economy.

17-06-2022 12:21 GMT by Craig Erlam

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