"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •510 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,573.40 | +7.40 | +0.47% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.84 | -0.11 | -0.19% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.860 | +0.003 | +0.15% |
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Ethanol •510 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •510 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 510 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 510 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 12 mins | 62.31 | -0.17 | -0.27% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.610 | +0.129 | +2.88% | |
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Heating Oil • 12 mins | 2.337 | -0.017 | -0.73% |
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