COMMODITIES-Broadly lower as crop prices fall; natgas slides
By: Barani Krishnan
LAST/ NET PCT YTD CLOSE CHG CHG CHG US crude 86.08 0.03 0.0% -12.9% Brent crude 109.42 0.93 0.9% 1.9% Natural gas 3.400 -0.034 -1.0% 13.8%
US gold 1711.90 -1.10 -0.1% 9.3% Gold 1712.01 0.71 0.0% 9.5% US Copper 355.00 -0.05 0.0% 3.3% LME Copper 7820.00 5.00 0.1% 2.9% Dollar 80.070 0.026 0.0% -0.1%
US corn 742.00 -3.50 -0.5% 14.8% US soybeans 1564.00 -3.00 -0.2% 30.5% US wheat 872.75 -8.50 -1.0% 33.7%
US Coffee 157.75 -3.25 -2.0% -30.9% US Cocoa 2383.00 -19.00 -0.8% 13.0% US Sugar 19.35 -0.18 -0.9% -16.7%
Arabica coffee led the losses with a fall of 2 percent in New York, hit by a combination of weak demand, a huge, looming Brazilian crop and technical selling.