U.S. heating oil futures nudged higher in early Wednesday trading, staying close to recent peaks following a strong jump the day before as crude prices climbed again. The contract last changed hands at $2.2488 a gallon, up 1.04 cents, or 0.46%, after closing Tuesday at $2.2384.
XRP eased on Tuesday as it gave back part of an early-week rally, trading at $2.29 and down 1.8% over the past 24 hours, CoinMarketCap data showed. CoinMarketCap
Shares of the United States Natural Gas Fund fell 4.5% to $11.11 on Tuesday as U.S. natural gas futures slid in morning trade. The benchmark Henry Hub contract for February was down about 2.7% at $3.429 per million British thermal units, a standard gas-trading energy unit. CME Group
Gold and other precious metals may have room for further gains in 2026 as interest rates are expected to fall, analysts said, after gold climbed 66% in 2025. The rally pushed bullion to record highs on economic and geopolitical risks. Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at broker KCM Trade, said: “The key fundamental drivers of central bank demand and investor positioning ahead of expected lower U.S. rates in 2026 remain intact.” Reuters
Spot silver fell sharply on Thursday, with prices at $72.29 an ounce as of 12:41 p.m. ET, down 6.02% on the day, according to JM Bullion data. U.S. stock markets were shut for the New Year’s Day holiday. JM Bullion
Gold-linked exchange-traded funds eased in U.S. after-hours trading on Wednesday as bullion drifted lower into the final hours of the year. SPDR Gold Shares was down 0.6% at $396.31.
Spot silver rose early Tuesday after a steep selloff a day earlier, with the silver price today up 3.1% at $74.49 an ounce by 2:09 a.m. ET, after touching a record $83.62 in the prior session.
Gold prices steadied in Asian trade on Tuesday after a sharp retreat from record highs, as investors trimmed year-end positions and looked ahead to fresh U.S. policy signals. Spot gold was up 0.7% at $4,362.30 an ounce by 00:12 ET, while U.S. gold futures rose 0.8% to $4,378.75. Investing.com
Silver prices fell sharply on Monday after surging past $80 an ounce to record territory, a swift reversal that rattled precious metals markets into the final trading days of the year.
Silver fell sharply on Monday and silver-linked shares slid as the metal retreated from a fresh record, with traders pointing to profit-taking and tighter trading conditions late in the year.
Shares of the iShares Silver Trust slid 8.2% to $65.26 in early New York trading on Monday, mirroring a sharp drop in silver after a blowout rally to record highs. Investing.com+1
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange jumped to a record $12,960 a metric ton on Monday before paring gains to $12,415, up 2.1%, by 1030 GMT, as London trading resumed after a UK holiday. Business Recorder+1
U.S. technology stocks head into the final three trading days of 2025 with a familiar tug-of-war: bullish momentum in the major indexes and AI-driven megacaps on one side, and renewed scrutiny of valuations and AI infrastructure spending on the other. With U.S. equity markets shut for the weekend, attention shifts to Sunday evening index futures and to the catalysts waiting in the holiday-thinned week ahead—most notably Federal Reserve meeting minutes and a handful of key economic releases.
Silver is holding near record territory on Sunday with U.S. stock markets closed for the weekend, after an explosive late-week surge that has turned the white metal into one of the most watched trades heading into year-end and the first sessions of 2026.
Gold is holding near historic highs heading into the final trading days of 2025, after a breakout week that pushed the metal decisively above the psychologically important $4,500 level and into fresh record territory.