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31 articles tagged commodities, newest first. Every price call in these articles was recorded when published and later checked against market data — see the track record.
The Dollar Did the Selling in Gold. The Mines Didn't Miss a Shift.
Central-bank week opened with the dollar bid against every major and bullion took the hit — XAU/USD closed at $4,289.04, down $59.42, after a $101.32 swing.
Crude's Transit Tax Landed in Mumbai, Not in Gold — and That Tells You Who Is Paying
The US-Iran conflict is clogging seaborne crude and Asian equities are absorbing the bill. Gold closed at $4,370.61, up 1.25%, and is still down over the past f...
A Record $102 Diesel Crack Is the Real Hormuz Signal — Gold Just Faded to $4,396
Middle distillates, not crude, are where the chokepoint is biting. The refined-product margin printed a record while gold gave back $20.60 and closed near its s...
Hormuz Is Now a Fertilizer Story, Not Just a Crude One — and Gold Moved Eleven Cents
The blockade has spread down the barrel chain into petrochemicals, plastics and industrial gases. Gold, the asset that supposedly prices this, closed at $4,375....
The Rhine Ran Dry and Crude Caught a Bid — Gold Moved Eighty-Seven Cents
Two chokepoints tightened in the same week, one freshwater and one salt. Crude rose more than a dollar a barrel; gold closed at $4,375.69, down $0.87.
Miners Got Routed on Two Continents While the Metal Closed Within a Dollar of Its High
Copper guidance came down, crude stockpiles kept drawing, and equity investors dumped producers anyway. Gold ignored them and finished at $4,368.14, up $16.97.
Talks Deadlocked, Brent Held $80, and Gold Cleared $4,400 — Somebody Is Underwriting This Premium
US-Iran negotiations went nowhere and energy names bid anyway. Gold closed at $4,413.41, up $45.69, its first look above the round number in this stretch.
Hormuz Has Become a Condition, Not an Event — and Gold Sat Out the Session
US crude added about 5% on the Hormuz stalemate, yet gold closed at $4,388.62, lower by $1.38. The risk premium is being paid in freight and barrels rather than...
Wednesday Stacks the IEA and OPEC Balance Sheets on Top of CPI — Gold Barely Blinked
Two oil balance sheets and a US inflation print land the same day this week. Gold closed the weekend at $4,342.32, up nine cents, which tells you nobody wanted...
Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia, Brent Clears $83 — and Gold Took the Message Seriously
An attack on Saudi territory pushed Brent above $83 and gold added $80.73 to $4,321.55, a 1.90% session that started from a flat open. A 4.67% 10-year didn't sl...
Hormuz Reopens on Paper, Gold Adds $114 — Somebody Isn't Buying It
Tanker traffic through Hormuz may resume within days and crude sold off. Gold rallied 2.82% anyway — which says today's bid was a dollar-and-rates trade dressed...
Ghana's Cocoa Pivot and a $42 Gold Range That Said Nothing
COCOBOD abandons offshore syndication as the cedi slips and gold trades a $42.64 range going nowhere. The physical story is in Accra, not on the screen.
Delhi Pays Up ₹800 for Gold While Spot Sits Frozen at $4,010 — The Physical Market Is Talking
Indian dealers bid gold up ₹800 to ₹1.47 lakh per 10 grams on strong physical demand while international spot traded a 25-cent range. When physical premiums fir...
Nine Days of Airstrikes and Gold Won't Blink: The War Premium Moved to LNG Cargoes
US strikes on Iran hit day nine and oil whipsawed, yet gold sat frozen at $4,010.51. The war bill is being paid in record LNG flows and fuel-import invoices — w...
Gold Traded a Quarter-Cent Wide at $4,010.51. Somebody Turned Off the Screen
Deadly landslides in Nagaland, a diesel revolt in Karachi, and an African cocoa-processing pact all crossed the wire Sunday. Bullion moved a tenth of a dollar....
Monsoon Fury in the Himalayas, and Gold Sits Dead Still at $4,010.51
Red rainfall warnings and deadly landslides hit India's north on Sunday. Bullion, the asset that supposedly cares about chaos, didn't twitch — a 25-cent range o...
A 25-Cent Range in Gold at $4,010.51 While Iran Diplomacy Rewrites the Risk Map
A reported 60-day US-Iran roadmap, a soft US inflation print, and reviving carry trades all pulled at bullion Sunday — and the net of it was a session that bare...
Gold Frozen at $4,010.51 While the US-Iran Conflict and an Oil Surge Load the Week Ahead
Bullion barely printed a 25-cent range on Sunday even as West Asia tensions and firm crude cloud the outlook. The calm on the screen contradicts everything on t...
Gold Slipped to $4,032.40 on an Empty Slate — the Quiet Did the Selling
Bullion shed 0.69% and settled in the lower fifth of its range with no fresh shock on the wires. When nothing pushes gold, positioning pushes it lower.
Gold Fades to $4,032.40 — When the Wires Go Quiet, Positioning Does the Selling
Bullion shed 0.69% and closed near its session floor with no fresh shock to trade. On thin news, the metal drifted lower on its own weight.