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Commodities News
Economies.com provides the latest news and fundamental analysis about Commodities. In this section you may read about all the international economic and political events affecting the commodities rates such as the Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, etc) as well as Crude Oil, Brent Oil, Platinum etc.
Oil on track for biggest weekly profit in three weeks
2026-02-20 12:31PM UTC
Oil prices traded near six-month highs on Friday, heading for their first weekly gain in three weeks, amid growing concerns over the potential for conflict after Washington said Tehran would face ...
Gold moves in a positive zone before US data
2026-02-20 09:33AM UTC
Gold prices rose in European trading on Friday, extending gains for a third consecutive day in a renewed attempt to hold above the $5,000 per ounce level, supported by safe-haven demand amid ...
Copper pressured by stronger dollar, as inventories hit 11-month peak
2026-02-19 16:38PM UTC
Copper prices declined on Thursday, approaching their lowest level in about a week, after investors stepped in to buy the previous session’s dip and as industrial metals tracked the decline in ...
Oil widens gains on concerns about potential US-Iran conflict
2026-02-19 12:59PM UTC
Oil prices rose on Thursday, driven by growing concerns over a potential military conflict between the United States and Iran as both countries escalated their military activity in the oil-producing ...
Gold climbs above $5000 amid mounting US-Iran tensions
2026-02-19 09:59AM UTC
Gold prices rose in European trading on Thursday, extending gains for a second consecutive session and moving back above the $5,000-per-ounce level. The metal continues to recover from a two-week ...
Oil jumps over 4% past $70 a barrel
2026-02-18 21:41PM UTC
Oil prices climbed more than 4% during Wednesday’s trading session, amid mounting concerns over the potential outbreak of a conflict between the United States and Iran.
Two days of ...
Will major oil companies succeed where diplomacy failed in Libya?
2026-02-18 19:10PM UTC
The first oil licensing round in Libya since the overthrow of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 marked a notable return — or expansion — of major Western oil companies, in what was ...
Oil rallies 3% on sudden end of Russia-Ukraine talks and increasing tensions
2026-02-18 13:28PM UTC
Oil prices rose by about 3% on Wednesday after peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva ended just two hours after they began, in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described as ...
Gold tries to recover before Fed's minutes
2026-02-18 09:54AM UTC
Gold prices rose in European trading on Wednesday for the first time in three sessions, as part of a rebound attempt from a two-week low, supported by buying activity at corrective levels. Those ...
Why is Chevron betting heavily on Venezuelan heavy oil?
2026-02-17 20:05PM UTC
Political turmoil in Caracas dominated headlines at the start of 2026. After the dramatic events of early January and the rewriting of Venezuela’s hydrocarbons law on January 29, analysts ...