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While platinum declined, gold, silver, palladium, and rhodium prices increased in the third quarter. Gold and silver prices moved significantly higher over the first nine months of 2024, while platinum and palladium declined. Rhodium bucked the trend in the PGMs, moving higher from the end of 2023 through the end…

Energy prices (sans natural gas) fell, while most other commodity prices rose in September as interest rates and the U.S. dollar declined.

The precious metals sector of the commodities market moved higher in Q2 2024 and was higher than the 2023 closing level at the end of June. Silver led on the upside, while platinum and gold posted impressive gains. Gold moved to a new all-time high during Q2, while silver broke…

Market prices often gravitate around significant levels. Since technical resistance in silver had been around the $30 per ounce level before the recent rally, that price could become a considerable pivot point as the technical resistance has become more of a support level in June 2024.

Nearby copper futures rose to nearly $5.20 per pound on May 20, a new record high. The red nonferrous metal ran out of upside steam, declining below the $4.80 level, leaving many market participants wondering if the spike higher was the end of the nearly two-decade-long bull market.

Gold reached a new high in April 2024, and silver rose to nearly $30 per ounce, the highest price since early 2021. Meanwhile, platinum and palladium prices remain under pressure, lagging their precious cousins in 2024.

Copper prices were up over 2% in 2023. In Q1, COMEX copper futures gained 2.99% while the LME forwards moved 3.60% higher. Copper has been off to the races on the upside in early Q2, and it may not be long before the red metal challenges the March 2022 record…

Silver approached a test of the $30 per ounce level, the highest price since February 2021. If silver can eventually power through $30, it could be on a path to challenge the 2011 and 1980 highs.

The commodity asset class’s base metals sector posted a marginal 0.27% gain in Q1 2023, with tin and copper leading the way on the upside. Three of the six base metals posted gains, while four moved lower, with zinc posting the most significant percentage decline.