Gold •124 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 990.30 | -0.20 | -0.02% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 71.40 | -0.07 | -0.10% | |
Gasoline •14 mins | 2.020 | +0.000 | +0.02% | |
Ethanol •124 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •124 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 124 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 124 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 75.03 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
Natural Gas • 10 mins | 2.798 | +0.017 | +0.61% | ||
Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.281 | -0.003 | -0.15% |
Contributor since: 18 Mar 2011
Ashraf Laidi is the author of "Currency Trading and Intermarket Analysis: How to Profit from the Shifting Currents in Global Markets" - Wiley Trading.
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