Futures
Oil prices could top $120 before year-end
Oil prices have lost nearly 7% this month, but investors should be aware that a spike from last week’s levels to more than $120 is possible this year. 11:36 p.m. July 28, 2018
Oil ends lower as Russia hints at bigger-than-expected output boost
Oil futures settles lower Friday after Russia’s energy ministers said the a coalition of producers could pump more crude than agreed by year-end. 3:39 p.m. July 27, 2018
Gold ends around 2018 low, books third straight weekly fall
Gold futures settle lower for the day and week Friday as the precious metal finds few catalysts to climb out of a recent downtrend. 2:45 p.m. July 27, 2018
Oil notches 3-day climb as Saudi Arabia halts crude shipments through key waterway
Oil futures log a three-day win streak Thursday, getting a lift as Saudi Arabia halted crude shipments through a Red Sea waterway after accusing Iran-allied rebels of attacking a pair of tankers. 3:23 p.m. July 26, 2018
Gold slips, ends near lowest levels of the year
Gold futures settle lower Thursday, continuing the choppy, mostly dollar-driven trading that has kept the precious metal pinned near a 2018 nadir. 3:11 p.m. July 26, 2018
Oil ends higher, buoyed by drop in U.S. crude inventories
The U.S. oil benchmark rallies after a larger-than-expected drop in crude inventories. 3:20 p.m. July 25, 2018
Gold ends 2-session skid as buck slips, but metal hangs near 2018 low
Gold futures settle modestly higher Wednesday, halting a two-session slide as the U.S. dollar edges lower. However, the beleaguered yellow metal remains near its lowest level this year. 3:10 p.m. July 25, 2018
Oil ends higher as U.S.-Iran tensions simmer, China plans stimulus
Oil prices clawed higher Tuesday, supported by underlying tensions between the U.S. and Iran that could further disrupt supply to the global market and as China plans to take steps to boost its economy. 3:44 p.m. July 24, 2018
Gold logs second straight slide as a rise in global stocks caps benefit of weaker buck
Gold futures inched lower Tuesday, marking a second straight finish in the red as a rise in global stocks, perceived as risk assets, offset a slightly weaker dollar. 2:15 p.m. July 24, 2018
Oil settles lower as market plays down impact from U.S.-Iran rhetoric
Oil settles lower Monday, giving up early gains, as the market plays down rhetoric between the U.S. and Iran that threatened to tighten global crude supplies. 3:32 p.m. July 23, 2018
Gold ends with a loss as dollar climbs to start the week
Gold futures end with a loss on Monday, with prices giving back some of their gain from the previous session as the dollar shows some strength. 2:41 p.m. July 23, 2018
Oil prices finish higher, but suffer third weekly decline in a row
Oil futures settle higher Friday, finding some support as Saudi Arabia expects to reduce exports in August, easing some concerns of coming oversupply in the market. 3:24 p.m. July 20, 2018
Gold prices end higher to pare weekly loss, as Trump’s remarks slam dollar
Gold prices settled higher Friday, chipping away some of their weekly loss, as comments from President Donald Trump on U.S. interest rates and the dollar, weighed heavily on greenback. 2:08 p.m. July 20, 2018
U.S. oil ends higher with Saudis set to lower exports in bid to avoid oversupply
U.S. benchmark crude prices end higher after Saudi Arabia’s OPEC governor said he expects the kingdom’s crude exports to fall next month in an effort to avoid oversupplying the market. 3:10 p.m. July 19, 2018
Gold pares losses, but still ends at 1-year low, in correction territory
Gold prices erase much of their earlier losses on Thursday, but still finish at a one-year low, as President Donald Trump voiced his disagreement with the Federal Reserve’s plan for gradual raise interest rates, prompting a decline in the benchmark dollar index. 2:02 p.m. July 19, 2018
Oil prices end higher after drop in gasoline stocks, despite record crude output
Oil prices end higher Wednesday, finding support from a bigger-than-expected decline in gasoline stocks, despite a surprise climb domestic crude supplies and record weekly production. 3:16 p.m. July 18, 2018
Gold settles with a slight gain, avoids correction territory
Gold prices settle slightly higher on Wednesday, ending a three-session streak of declines as a benchmark dollar index eased back toward session lows, allowing the yellow metal to avoid a finish in correction territory. 2:40 p.m. July 18, 2018
Oil prices notch modest gains as traders weigh potential for change in global output
Oil prices notch modest gains Tuesday after dropping by more than 4% a day earlier, as traders remain concerned about changes in global production and an uncertain economic and political backdrop. 3:32 p.m. July 17, 2018
Gold settles at a 1-year low for a third straight session
Gold settles at a one-year low Tuesday for a third straight session, pressured by strength in the dollar as testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell backs a steady pace of raises to benchmark interest rates. 2:17 p.m. July 17, 2018
Oil price drops on talk of increased global supply, slowdown in economic growth
Oil prices drop on Monday, with talk of a possible release from global crude reserves, data from the International Monetary Fund showing a slowdown in global economic growth and the potential for U.S. waivers on Iran oil sanction pushing prices for global benchmark Brent crude to their lowest finish in three months. 3:29 p.m. July 16, 2018
Gold books back-to-back loss to finish around 2018’s lows
Gold prices on Monday end lower for a second straight session, failing at an earlier attempt to rebound from their lowest levels in roughly a year. 2:19 p.m. July 16, 2018
Cheese prices crumble — but the global trade dispute could halt their drop
Record U.S. supplies of cheese have contributed to a drop in prices this year, but prices may find hope of a turnaround in a prolonged global trade dispute. 4:19 p.m. July 14, 2018
Oil prices rise, but post sharp weekly loss amid expectations for rising Libyan output
Oil prices climb on Friday, but post sharp losses for the week, as traders weigh concerns over resurgent Libyan supply and global trade disputes against indications of tighter crude supply and shrinking spare output capacity. 3:27 p.m. July 13, 2018
Gold falls to lowest settlement in nearly a year
Gold prices fall Friday to their lowest settlement in nearly a year, with the precious metal failing to find safe-haven support from the U.S.-China trade dispute, as the U.S. dollar gains for the week. 2:31 p.m. July 13, 2018
U.S. oil holds ground at a more than 2-week low, but global prices rebound
Oil settles Thursday on a mixed note, with U.S. benchmark prices posting a slight decline but global benchmark prices rebounding from the three-week low they hit a day earlier. 3:32 p.m. July 12, 2018
Gold notches a gain after back-to-back session declines
Gold prices end higher Thursday, a day after a fresh round of global trade-war worries buoyed the dollar and sent the yellow metal to a more than one-week low. 2:10 p.m. July 12, 2018
U.S. oil sees steepest one-day percentage decline in more than a year
Oil futures end sharply lower Wednesday, with the U.S. benchmark registering its sharpest daily slump on a percentage basis in about 13 months as fears of flagging demand and renewed production from Libya overshadowed a report showing the biggest weekly drop in domestic crude supplies in nearly two years. 3:39 p.m. July 11, 2018
The 7 reasons behind U.S. oil’s sharpest daily point drop in almost 3 years
The biggest weekly drop in U.S. crude supplies couldn’t halt the drop in oil prices Wednesday as traders chose to focus on expectations for higher global output. 3:39 p.m. July 11, 2018
Gold ends lower as copper logs lowest finish in nearly a year amid trade tensions
Gold suffer from back-to-back losses Wednesday, dragged lower as trade tensions between the U.S. and China intensified, pushing copper prices to their lowest finish in almost a year. 2:39 p.m. July 11, 2018
Oil prices extend gains on continued production outages
Oil futures rise Tuesday, with the global benchmark briefly tapping a high near the $80-a-barrel threshold, as strikes by workers in Norway and Gabon add to global production outages. 3:46 p.m. July 10, 2018