Commodities managed to finish trading higher ahead of the long holiday weekend with both gold and crude oil futures ending in positive territory.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery finished up 0.4% to $100.59 a barrel. In other energy futures, heating oil was up 0.32% to $2.99 a gallon while natural gas was up 3.49% to $4.51 per million British thermal units.
In energy ETFs, the United States Oil Fund (USO) is up 0.18% to $39.67. The United States Natural Gas ETF (UNG) is up 3.33% at $11.47.
Meanwhile, gold futures finished at their best mark since May 3, MarketWatch reports. Also
Gold for August delivery finished up 0.9% to $1,536.30 an ounce. In other metal futures, silver was down 1.4% to $37.86 a troy ounce while copper traded up 0.22% to $4.11.
The U.S. dollar index (DXY) is down 0.81% to $74.94.
In metal ETFs, SPDR Gold Trust ( GLD ) is up 0.92% to $149.58. Market Vectors Gold Miners ( GDX ) is up 1.44% to $57.92. iShares Silver Trust (SLV) is up 1.18% to $36.94.
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