By Patrick McKiernan Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Lead and copper prices in London have more than doubled this year, leading gains as of yesterday among 36 commodities in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Robusta-coffee futures posted the biggest decline. Commodity Dec. 29 % Change Year to Date Lead LME $2,449 a metric ton + 145 Copper LME $7,275 a metric ton + 137 Copper Comex $3.3135 a pound + 135 Sugar raw ICE 26.77 cents a pound + 127 Sugar white Liffe $700.20 a metric ton + 120 Zinc LME $2,548 a metric ton + 111 Orange juice ICE $1.4065 a pound + 107 Palladium Nymex $388.85 an ounce + 106 Rubber TCM 274.7 yen per kilogram + 102 Gasoline Nymex $2.0106 a gallon + 99 Crude oil Nymex $78.87 a barrel + 77 Brent crude ICE $77.64 a barrel + 70 Nickel LME $19,200 a metric ton + 64 Platinum Nymex $1,476 an ounce + 57 Tin LME $16,740 a metric ton + 56 Cotton ICE 75.07 cents a pound + 54 Palm oil MDE 2,590 ringgit a ton + 53 Gasoil ICE $635.75 a metric ton + 52 Silver Comex $17.11 an ounce + 51 Heating oil Nymex $2.1028 a gallon + 50 Aluminum LME $2,273 a metric ton + 48 Cocoa Liffe 2,234 U.K. pounds a ton + 25 Lumber CME $233.50 per 1,000 board feet + 24 Gold Comex $1,098.10 an ounce + 24 CRB Index 283.73 + 24 Coffee arabica ICE $1.3635 a pound + 22 Cocoa ICE $3,237 a metric ton + 21 Soybean oil CBOT 39.85 cents a pound + 19 Lean hogs CME 65.425 cents a pound + 7.5 Soybeans CBOT $10.47 a bushel + 6.8 Natural gas Nymex $5.814 per million Btu + 3.4 Soybean meal CBOT $307.60 per 2,000 pounds + 2.6 Corn CBOT $4.17 a bushel + 2.5 Feeder cattle CME 94.725 cents a pound + 1.1 Live cattle CME 85.125 cents a pound - 1.1 Rice CBOT $14.88 a bushel - 3 Wheat CBOT $5.41 a bushel - 11 Cofffee robusta Liffe $1,301 a metric ton - 16 To contact the reporter on this story: Patrick McKiernan in New York at pmckiernan@bloomberg.net

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