Brent crude oil (BNO, quote) ticked up as tension in Ukraine grew. The commodity traded at $107.50 at 6:20 GMT after reports that pro-Russian groups had seized government buildings in several eastern Ukrainian cities.
Good Morning Readers…we wanted to address several questions that we have been receiving concerning High Frequency Trading otherwise known as HFT.
Brent crude oil fell below $106 to start the week as the Libyan government neared a deal with rebels to reopen several of its largest oilfields. The commodity traded at $105.83 at 6:15 GMT on Monday morning as investors braced for an influx of supply.
Gold bugs are having a hard time holding the $1,300 level after last week’s modest build up to a close Friday of $1,302.30.
WTI Crude Oil (USO, quote) is trending higher in early trading by $0.88 or 0.87% at $101.16 ahead of the non-Farm Payroll Report. It’s worth noting that crude oil typically remains flat ahead of the report.
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Gold (GLD, quote) continues to remain weak with yesterday’s close of 1284.50. In early trading the spot price of gold is basically flat.
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Let me start with a quote from my last post on copper where I wrote the following: “……and for any recovery longer term, we will need to see a dramatic buying climax, and given the extent of the current selling, an extended phase of congestion prior to any bullish momentum returning for copper.“
It’s been a roller coaster ride for gold over the last couple of months with the precious metal first rallying almost $200 per ounce, and then promptly reversing from the $1390 per ounce level, and giving back just over half the gain, to trade at the time of writing at $1293.20 per ounce.
