"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •435 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,395.70 | -2.10 | -0.15% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 62.27 | -1.40 | -2.20% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.972 | -0.036 | -1.79% |
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Ethanol •435 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •435 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 435 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 435 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 66.27 | -1.22 | -1.81% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 2.924 | -0.105 | -3.47% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.278 | -0.056 | -2.40% |
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