Commodities
Type | Price | Change | Change % | Expiry | LowDay RangeHigh |
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Gold (Spot) as of Mar 1, 2021 – 6.26pm | $1,756.71 USD/oz. | +18.09 | +1.04% | — |
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Gold (Futures) as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $1,728.80 USD/oz. | -46.60 | -2.62% | Apr 2021 |
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Silver (Spot) as of Mar 1, 2021 – 6.26pm | $27.04 USD/oz. | +0.27 | +0.99% | — |
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Oil Brent as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $64.42 USD/bbl. | -1.69 | -2.56% | Mar 2021 |
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Oil WTI as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $61.50 USD/bbl. | -2.03 | -3.20% | Mar 2021 |
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Iron Ore as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $173.34 USD/t. | +2.24 | +1.31% | Mar 2021 |
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Copper as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $9,100.00 USD/t. | -340.00 | -3.60% | Mar 2021 |
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Coal as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $82.95 USD/t. | +2.05 | +2.53% | Mar 2021 |
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Wheat as of Feb 26, 2021 – 11.00am | $655.00 USD/bu. | -16.75 | -2.49% | Mar 2021 |
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Markets
ASX surges 1.7pc as blue chips bounce back
The sharemarket jumped sharply on Monday, after a drop in bond yields calmed jumpy markets and investors swooped on shares in Australia’s major companies.
- 1 hr ago
- Vesna Poljak
ASX advances 1.7pc; Senex completes Cooper Basin sale
The Australian sharemarket has closed higher; Aussie bond yields tumble; Fortescue, Aurizon trade ex-dividend; home loans soar in January; inventories, company profits fall short of expectations in Q4; RBA to buy $4b of bonds, yields tumble.
- Updated
- Vesna Poljak, Tom Richardson, Sarah Turner and William McInnes
Bond market carnage not over yet
The bond market appears set to sustain more damage, notwithstanding Monday’s rally, although future selling won’t be as wild as February’s surge in long-dated yields as the tussle between investors and central banks rages on.
- Sarah Turner
- Explainer
- Bonds
All your bond market questions explained
The RBA has doubled the value of bonds it buys to $4 billion a day. Why is the RBA doing this, why is the bond market important, and what does it mean for stocks?
- Jonathan Shapiro
ASX to bounce, bond selloff eases
Australian shares appear set to open higher, recouping some of Friday’s heavy losses, as the US Treasury market steadied. $A tumbles.
- Timothy Moore
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