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Commodity prices turned in mixed results in July 2025. Lower liquidity during the summer could have contributed to extreme volatility in the copper market. A strong dollar and lower US government bond prices were not bullish for the commodities asset class.

The U.S. tariffs have caused COMEX copper prices to experience extreme price variance over the past months, leading to new record highs. Meanwhile, three-month LME copper forwards have not challenged their Q2 2024 all-time price peak. While the U.S. futures have been far more volatile than the U.K. forwards, fundamentals…

The precious metals sector of the commodities market was the best-performing sector in Q2 and over the first six months of 2025. While gold reached a new record high in Q2, silver, platinum, and palladium prices rallied, with all four metals posting over 20% gains over the first half of…

A weaker dollar index and higher bonds were mostly bullish for commodity prices in June.

The surge in silver prices is also bullish for gold and platinum.

Platinum futures have traded on either side of the $1,000 per ounce level for a decade. Each move above the pivot point attracts selling, and buyers appear when it dips below $1,000. The long-term consolidation will eventually give way to a break higher or lower. Given the price action in…

Silver’s bullish trend began at the 2020 pandemic-inspired low below $12 per ounce. Over the past five years, silver has made higher lows and higher highs, but the price has yet to challenge the 2011 and 1980 highs.

Gold is trading around $3,330 per ounce, over twelve times higher than the 1999 bottom. After probing above the $3,500 level in April, gold has corrected, but the bullish trend remains firmly intact.

After reaching a new record peak in March 2025, COMEX copper futures prices plunged, but remain just above the critical technical support level. Copper rallied to a lower high before selling took the price to just below the midpoint of the March and April trading range.