(ANSA) – MILAN, AUGUST 17 – Few movements on oil, gas brilliant, wheat on the rise. This is the picture of raw materials on the international stage, with the progress of the war between Russia and Ukraine and the drought alarm in Europe.
Oil is trying to rebound (Wti + 0.55% at 87.01 dollars a barrel), which remains below 90 dollars in Texas, while Brent from the North Sea (+ 0.55% at 92.85 dollars a barrel). barrel) remains below $ 93. Gas, whose futures contracts for the month of September mark an increase of 0.92% to 228 euros per MWh in Amsterdam and of 1.73% to 4.5 pounds per Mbtu in London, is picking up the pace. Aluminum (+ 0.08% to 2,392 dollars a ton) and copper (-0,01% to 7,979 dollars a ton) moved around the parity. Gold fell (-0.25% to $ 1,773 an ounce) and silver (-0.97% to $ 19.94 an ounce) while iron slipped (-1.19% to 706, $ 5 a ton) and steel (-1.23% to $ 4,087 a ton). Nickel was positive, rising by 1.01% to 22,235 dollars a ton. In agriculture, both durum wheat, which changed hands at $ 877.7 per 5 thousand bushels, and soft wheat, traded at 806.75 doillars, earned 0.5%. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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