Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Morning commodities: Crude retreats from yesterday's 3-week high ahead of today's rig count; natural gas snaps its 4-session streak on a warmer weather outlook<ul><li><strong>Crude oil retreated from yesterday's 3-week high ahead of today's rig count data scheduled for 1 pm ET</strong><ul><li>Mar 2017 crude oil futures were down about $0.65 (-1.2%) around the $53.12/barrel</li><li><strong>The U.S. oil rig count increased by 29 to 551 rigs last week.</strong></li><li>In the week prior, the rig count declined, but that followed 10 consecutive weekly prior increases.</li><li><strong>The oil rig count is at its highest level in 14 months.</strong></li><li>It is worth noting that this pick-up in US activity could potentially cap oil price gains in the future.</li></ul></li><li><strong>Natural gas snapped a 4-session streak on updated warmer-weather forecasts over the next few weeks</strong><ul><li>Mar 2017 natural gas futures were down about $0.08 (-2.3%) around the $3.32/MMBtu level</li></ul></li><li><strong>In precious metals, gold was on track to close pit trading lower for the 4th consecutive session; on track to close the week lower for first time in 2017</strong><ul><li>Feb 2017 gold futures were down about $3.70 (-0.3%) around the $1186.10/oz level</li><li><strong>Stronger currency & treasury yields have reduced demand for gold</strong></li><li>Mar 2017 silver futures were nearly flat around the $16.82/oz level</li></ul></li><li><strong>The dollar index was +0.1% around the 100.48 level</strong><ul><li>Commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, were -0.6% around the 87.72 level</li></ul></li></ul>"