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The nonferrous metals sector of the commodities market moved lower in Q4 and only registered a slight gain in 2024. While all base metals fell in the final three months of 2024, copper, aluminum, zinc, and tin prices increased for the year ending on December 31, 2024.

The precious metals sector declined in Q4 but moved to the upside in 2024. While gold and silver posted over 20% gains for the year, platinum and palladium futures were down over 10%. Gold was the only precious metal moving higher in Q4, as the price rose to a new…

Silver futures traded to the highest price since October 2012, reaching $35.07 per ounce in October 2024. While silver has pulled back, the price remains over the $30 level in late 2024 and could be on a path to challenge the 2011 and 1980 highs in 2025.

After reaching a new high in late October, gold futures prices fell by just over $260 per ounce. Since then, gold has been sitting around the midpoint of the trading range as the market digests the most recent new peak and absorbs the price action in currency and debt markets.

Copper futures rose to a record high of nearly $5.20 per pound in May 2024. After correcting below the $4 per pound level in August and September, copper recovered only to return to the $4 level in November. The $3.90 to $4.00 level has become critical support for the red…

Gold prices corrected after reaching another new record high in October 2024, at over $2,800 per ounce. In post-election trading, gold prices are around $200 lower than the October high. While the correction may continue, the price action since the turn of this century tells us that buying gold on…

Commodity prices turned mixed results in October even though bearish price action in the bond market and the pushed interest rates higher and bullish action in the dollar index tends to weigh on raw material prices.

While platinum declined, gold, silver, palladium, and rhodium prices increased in the third quarter. Gold and silver prices moved significantly higher over the first nine months of 2024, while platinum and palladium declined. Rhodium bucked the trend in the PGMs, moving higher from the end of 2023 through the end…

Energy prices (sans natural gas) fell, while most other commodity prices rose in September as interest rates and the U.S. dollar declined.

Silver traded at its highest price since late 2012 in May 2024 when the precious metal reached $32.50 per ounce. Silver has corrected below the $30 level, but it could be a matter of time before the metal heads for higher highs.

Copper prices reached a new record high in May 2024, eclipsing the March 2022 high before correcting lower. Meanwhile, copper futures have dropped more than $1 per pound since the May high as the leading base metal is searching for a bottom.