FX: Natural Gas Initially Falls Following Inventory Data
October crude oil traded modestly higher overnight and this morning before falling sharply into negative territory minutes after the open of pit trading. Crude fell to fresh morning lows of $69.17 per barrel on the move and is currently chopping around just below the unchanged line at $69.92 per barrel, down 0.5%.
October natural gas traded higher overnight, pushing to highs of $5.03 per MMBtu just before the open of pit trading. Natural gas has since reversed sharply, falling into negative territory to session lows of $4.869 per MMBtu and was trading 0.6% lower at $4.873 per MMBtu ahead of inventory data. Following the data, which showed a build of 69 bcf(consensus was expecting a build of 60 bcf), natural gas declined initially, but reversed higher back near unchanged levels of $4.904 per MMBtu.
December gold pushed to new all-time highs overnight to $1059.60 per ounce on weakness in the dollar, but has since moved back near the unchanged line. Currently, gold is trading 0.3% higher at $1047.80 per ounce. December silver pushed to a 14-month high of $17.93 overnight and has also erased most of its gains and moved back near the unchanged line. Silver is currently 0.8% higher at $17.645 per ounce.