"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 | 1,559.30 | +6.70 | +0.43% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 57.79 | -1.05 | -1.78% |
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Gasoline •11 mins | 1.851 | -0.046 | -2.40% |
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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 • 11 mins | 62.31 | -1.06 | -1.67% | |
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Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.404 | -0.145 | -3.19% | |
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Heating Oil • 11 mins | 2.349 | -0.058 | -2.39% |
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