There were some really interesting talking points for buyers across the retail, food & beverage and consumer goods industries as a few commodities fell, some rose and there could be a rise in store for another.
There are two commodities which have been giving buyers across the mining, engineering, utility, construction and energy industries sleepless nights of late and they rose once again last week.
Buyers across the transportation, automotive, aerospace and leisure industries will have once again been pleased by recent the movements in the price of oils and metal key to their industries.
Metals and plastics continued on their downward trend last week, meaning that in some cases prices are down by close to or over 10% over the last month.
While almost all the commodities relevant to the healthcare, pharmaceutical and chemical industry fell last week it was natural gas that buyers will be most concerned about as it continued on its charge upwards.
Last week was dominated by price falls right across the board from metals to meats and while this might be positive news for buyers in the short-term it will have left them wondering about what the long-term holds.
While natural gas continued on its upward trend there were a number of significant moves within the commodities key to the mining, engineering, utilities and construction sectors, which will have spiked interest amongst buyers.
Cocoa and orange juice provided the talking points for food & beverage buyers last week with one falling in dramatic fashion while the other put the brakes on its upward movement of the last few weeks.
Market participants warned the upward momentum may be short term as they look for trading cues from Europe, where political and financial turmoil are ...
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