Analysis: Commodities

Citi Sees Pressure on 2025 Oil Prices Under Trump

By Anthony Harrup A second presidential term for Donald Trump is likely to keep oil prices under pressure in 2025 by easing regulations on U.S. producers and potentially spurring the Organization...

ICE Canada Weekly Outlook : Price Trends Point Sideways as Resistance Counters Support

WINNIPEG, Manitoba---The ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide C$30 per tonne range during the first week of November, with the nearby price trends pointing sideways. There are a lot of...

Commodities: Escalation or de-escalation?

Every week, our commodities overview reviews the latest developments on the commodities markets, to give you a better grasp of price variations in energy, metals and agricultural commodities.

Demand weakness helps cushion tin from supply problems: Andy Home

LONDON -Tin demand last year was weaker than expected and is on course for only a modest recovery in 2024, according to the International Tin Association .  The soldering metal has...

Woman calls out for missing loved one after deadly floods in Spain

STORY: :: A woman calls out for a missing loved one after devastating flooding in Spain :: @MarkKeaton1 via X :: Scores of people were killed after a year of...

Asia shares stumble on China headwinds; gold and bitcoin buoyant

Asia shares eased on Wednesday on the back of weakness in China, as investors brace for a tightly contested U.S. election that could have huge ramifications for the world's second-largest economy,...

Commodities overview: OPEC+ in the doldrums, gold against the odds

Every week, our commodities overview reviews the latest developments on the commodities markets, to gain a better understanding of the price movements in energy, metals and agricultural commodities....

Opportunity Cost of Holding Gold Is Falling: BlackRock

BlackRock's EMEA investment strategy head, Karim Chedid, says investors are looking at gold as a diversification hedge in the current market environment. When I consider that gold is a...

Global money market funds draw large inflows on election-driven caution

Global investors channelised large investments into the safety of money market funds in the week through Oct. 23 on caution over the upcoming elections in the United States and Japan, and the shift in...

Greece's chestnut harvest set to shrink, hit by drought and heat

In Greece, one of the world's largest chestnut producers, farmer Anestis Altinis searches for nuts suitable for harvest. But after months of searing heat and drought, most have not ripened, a familiar...

Commodities Overview: Doubts prevail

Every week, the commodities overview reviews the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in energy, metals and agricultural commodity prices.

Bonds and gold begin countdown to US Election Day

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets are facing a bumpy ride in the final stretch to the U.S. elections, with bonds turning volatile and...

Gold's allure spreads as bulls lock in on fresh records

Gold is extending a period of successive record highs, moving the psychological milestone of $3,000 per ounce into view, analysts said, as geopolitical tension, a tight U.S. electoral race and...

Oil Prices Will Need to Be Weaker in 2025: BBO's Blas

Crude oil's volatile month continues, with traders balancing risks to flows from the Middle East against signs of soft demand in China. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas says 2025 will bring...

IEA Energy Agency: Global Oil Demand Weakness May Continue

International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol discusses the outlook for oil and gas markets. Crude has had a volatile month as traders balance risks to flows from the Middle East,...

Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid...

Shanghai frenzy fuels alumina's record-breaking rally: Andy Home

LONDON -Alumina prices have soared to record highs this week, compressing margins at the world's aluminium smelters which convert the intermediate product into metal.  The London Metal...

Commodities overview: Geopolitics or fundamentals, who will have the last word?

Every week, we review the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in the prices of energy, metals and agricultural commodities. On today's menu: oil, which remains...

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold, representatives tell bullion conference

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold to diversify their reserves for financial or strategic reasons, representatives of three central banks told the London Bullion Market Association's annual...