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Equity futures are pointing lower this morning with the Dow Jones Industrial Average looking to open 110 points lower while the broader S&P500 index is looking to open nearly 14 points lower. Moving fast in the pre-market sess

Stocks fell 3.88% today to $2.48.

Claude Resources Inc, a gold and precious metals producer, announced that the Santoy 8 Gold Mine in Eastern Saskatchewan, Canada has reached commercial production levels. The ore body from Santoy 8 is reportedly larger than the co

The most actively traded gold futures contract, for June delivery, rose $19.50, or 1.4%, to settle at a record $1,452.50 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Thinly traded nearby April gold gaine

Gold futures surged to a record high and silver hit a new 31-year peak Tuesday as investors' desire for safe havens trumped news of a Chinese interest rate increase.

Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery finished up 2.4% to $106.72 a barrel. In other energy futures, heating oil was up 1.7% to $3.09 a gallon while natural gas was up 0.99% to $4.39 per million British thermal units.

Meanwhile, gold futures ended at a record high helped in part by a weaker dollar.

Gold for June delivery finished up $15 to $1,439.90 an ounce.

Commodities rallied to finish higher Thursday as both crude oil and gold futures surged as the first quarter came to a close.

On the call side, Avon Products calls are trading 6.5 times their average amount after one investor bet bullishly on the company. T. Rowe Price calls are at close to 6 times the average volume after being mentioned positively on J

Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery finished up 3.5%, or $3.44 to $101.42 a barrel. In other energy futures, heating oil was up 1.31% to $3.05 a gallon while natural gas was down 0.15% to $3.93 per million British thermal un

Meanwhile, gold futures rose, helped by a weaker dollar

Gold for April delivery finished up $8.10 to $1,404.20 an ounce.

Commodities ended trading mostly higher as crude oil and gold futures finished in positive territory on news that work to control the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan made progress.

China's inflation held steady at 4.9% in February, above the government's target of 4% and the 4.8% increase expected in estimates compiled by FactSet Research, according to Marketwatch.com. Weaker-than-expected Canadian jobs data

Meanwhile, gold climbed to a record high above $1,440 an ounce this morning, as the threat of violence abroad burnished the metal's safe-haven appeal. Gold was last up $9 at $1,437 per ounce.

Crude oil is up after the U.S. government reiterated that it could tap into its strategic oil reserves in case of emergency. The possible policy move fueled market concerns that the political unrest in the Middle East and North Af