Commodity prices have generally had a good week, helped by further soft economic data from the US and a renewed decline in the value of the dollar against other major currencies. The stabilisation in global bond markets after a sharp sell-off also helped risk appetite.
Silver outperformed gold, as is usual when both are rallying. US wheat and lumber also both posted sizeable gains on the week, although these have to be seen in the context of much larger falls earlier in 2015.
Oil prices continued to consolidate (in the mid-$60s for a barrel of Brent) as the prospect of declining US output in the coming months was balanced by expectations of a partial recovery in shale production later in the year.
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Dovish US data support commodity prices
Commodity prices have generally had a good week, helped by further soft economic data from the US and a renewed decline in the value of the dollar against other major currencies. The stabilisation in global bond markets …
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