Crude settles slightly higher following Baker Hughes rig count

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Date | 26-12-2017 - 03:00 PM

Article Type | Stock Markets

Region | United States

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[BRIEFING.COM] Commodities end the day higher:

Overall, commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, are currently up 0.55% at 85.7451
Dollar index is currently up 0% at 93.28
Jan WTI Crude is down 0.12% on the day.
- Baker Hughes total U.S. rig count increased by 1 to 931 following last week's decrease of 1
- Futures settle $0.07 lower to $58.29/barrel.
In other energy, Jan Natural Gas settled up $0.05 at $2.65/MMBtu
On the metals:
- Feb Gold gained $8.70 to settle at $1279.30/oz, while Mar silver gained $0.2 to $16.44/oz
- Mar Copper gained $0.02 to $3.24/lb
Finally, agriculture:
- Mar Corn settled unchanged at $3.52/bu.
- Jan Soy settled up $0.0025 at $9.5025/bu.
- Mar wheat settled flat at $4.25/bu.

Author: Heng V. Mony

Source: briefing.com

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