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    Soft Commodities
    May 18, 2026

    Corn Jumps on US-China Trade Boost

    Corn futures jumped over 2% to around $4.60 per bushel, recovering from a one-week low…
    Soft Commodities
    May 18, 2026

    Wheat Futures Rise on US–China Trade Deal

    Wheat futures rose more than 2% to around $6.50 per bushel in mid-May, supported by…
    Metals
    May 18, 2026

    Copper Declines for Third Straight Session

    Copper futures slipped below $6.2 per pound on Monday, marking a third straight session of…
    Metals
    May 18, 2026

    Zinc Hovers Near 3½-Year High

    Zinc futures held above $3,500 per tonne, hovering near a more than 3½-year high, supported…
    Metals
    May 18, 2026

    XAG/USD falls to near $75.00 as India curbs imports

    Silver falls as India has immediately curbed nearly all Silver imports. CME FedWatch tool suggests…
    Energies
    May 18, 2026

    Gasoline Prices Approach 4-Year High

    Gasoline futures in the US extended gains above $3.70 per gallon, approaching the four-year high…

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    Energies

      May 18, 2026

      Gasoline Prices Approach 4-Year High

      Gasoline futures in the US extended gains above $3.70 per gallon, approaching the four-year high reached in early May, driven…
      May 18, 2026

      Heating Oil Extends Gains

      Heating oil futures in the US rose above $4.1 per gallon, moving closer to an almost six-week high, amid heightened…
      May 18, 2026

      European Gas Prices Hit Near 6-Week High

      European natural gas futures climbed to €51.3 per MWh, their highest in nearly six weeks, amid persistent uncertainty surrounding the…
      May 14, 2026

      U.S. Natgas Prices Hover Near 6-Week High

      U.S natural gas futures rose to around $2.87 per MMBtu, moving back near a six-week high, as declining production and…
      May 13, 2026

      OIL – EIA points to a deeper supply shock than expected

      Oil prices remain highly sensitive to developments in the Middle East, with Brent and WTI still holding around 100 USD…
      May 13, 2026

      Commodity Wrap – Oil, Natgas, Corn, Cocoa

      Key takeaways Oil: Geopolitical deadlock in the Middle East and the threat of Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz…
      May 13, 2026

      Heating Oil Hovers Near 5-Week High

      Heating oil futures for delivery at New York Harbor slipped to around $4.10 per gallon but held most of their…
      May 12, 2026

      China, Saudi Aramco and Oil – What’s Next?

      One of the most striking developments in recent months is how completely sentiment and expectations have diverged – clearly visible…

      Softs

        May 18, 2026

        Corn Jumps on US-China Trade Boost

        Corn futures jumped over 2% to around $4.60 per bushel, recovering from a one-week low on May 15, as expectations…
        May 18, 2026

        Wheat Futures Rise on US–China Trade Deal

        Wheat futures rose more than 2% to around $6.50 per bushel in mid-May, supported by expectations of stronger demand following…
        May 18, 2026

        Palm Oil Jumps Past MYR 4,500

        Malaysian palm oil futures surged more than 2% to above MYR 4,500 per tonne, extending recent gains and reaching their…
        May 18, 2026

        Soybeans Climb on US–China Farm Deal

        Soybean futures climbed more than 1% to near $12 per bushel in mid-May, rebounding from losses seen on May 15…
        May 14, 2026

        Palm Oil Remains Weak

        Malaysian palm oil futures traded below MYR 4,450 per tonne, extending losses that began in early May and notching their…
        May 13, 2026

        Commodity Wrap – Oil, Natgas, Corn, Cocoa

        Key takeaways Oil: Geopolitical deadlock in the Middle East and the threat of Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz…
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        Precious Metals

          May 18, 2026

          XAG/USD falls to near $75.00 as India curbs imports

          Silver falls as India has immediately curbed nearly all Silver imports. CME FedWatch tool suggests that markets see a 48%…
          May 14, 2026

          The Bear Case For Gold – XAU/USD

          Key takeaways Why rising global bond yields could crush the gold price G7 implied yields have reached their highest levels…
          May 13, 2026

          Gold sticks to negative bias as USD draws support from Fed hike bets and Iran tensions

          Gold remains under some selling pressure for the second straight day amid a bullish USD. Tuesday’s hot US CPI report…
          May 12, 2026

          Chart of The Day – Gold Slides Ahead of Inflation

          Key takeaways Gold is dropping below $4,700 per ounce The key macro report for the gold and the dollar is…
          May 12, 2026

          XAG/USD trades firmly near two-month high of $86.50 ahead of US CPI

          Silver price clings to gains near $86.50 in the countdown to the US CPI data for April. The white metal…
          May 12, 2026

          Gold drifts higher to near $4,750 ahead of US CPI inflation release

          Gold price edges higher to near $4,750 in Tuesday’s early Asian session.  Traders will closely watch the US April CPI…

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          Indices

            May 18, 2026

            Australian Equities Extend Slide as Week Opens

            Australian stocks dipped 84 points or 1.0% to 8,547 in early deals on Monday, marking the second session of losses…
            May 18, 2026

            South Korean Shares Extend Decline

            The benchmark KOSPI fell more than 1% to around 7,400 on Monday, extending losses from the previous session, as rising…
            May 18, 2026

            Hong Kong Shares Fall as Oil Surges

            The Hang Seng Index fell 323 points, or 1.2%, to 25,640 on Monday, marking the lowest since April 2026 as…
            May 18, 2026

            China Stocks Gain on Tech Boost

            The Shanghai Composite edged up 0.2% to 4,143 on Monday, while the Shenzhen Component rose 0.3% to 15,610, as strength…
            May 14, 2026

            Chart of the day: CHN.cash dips 2.3% on record profit-taking

            HSCEI futures (CHN.cash) are tumbling 2.3%, erasing the entire rally from yesterday. The Chinese stock market experiences a wide-scale profit-taking,…
            May 14, 2026

            NZX 50 Falls for 3rd Day, Down 0.3% at Close

            The NZX 50 fell 38 points, or 0.3%, to close at 13,025 on Thursday, retreating for the third consecutive session…

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            Technical Analysis

              May 18, 2026

              AUD/JPY – Tests ascending triangle bottom near 113.00

              AUD/JPY may rebound toward the nine-day EMA of 113.72. The 14-day Relative Strength Index near 50 hints at a current…
              May 14, 2026

              U.K. bonds recover as GDP surges, and market mood remains upbeat

              Key takeaways UK bonds recover as no move against Starmer yet GDP surprises to the upside for the UK, but…
              May 14, 2026

              Chart of the day: CHN.cash dips 2.3% on record profit-taking

              HSCEI futures (CHN.cash) are tumbling 2.3%, erasing the entire rally from yesterday. The Chinese stock market experiences a wide-scale profit-taking,…
              May 14, 2026

              Trade of the day: GBPUSD

              Facts: The pair bounced off the lower limit of 1:1 structure at 1.3500 Main trend on the pair remains upward…
              May 14, 2026

              EUR/USD Price Remains above 1.1700 near 50-day EMA

              EUR/USD may test the primary resistance at the nine-day EMA of 1.1730 The 14-day Relative Strength Index is near 50,…
              May 14, 2026

              The Bear Case For Gold – XAU/USD

              Key takeaways Why rising global bond yields could crush the gold price G7 implied yields have reached their highest levels…

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