Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Morning Commodities: Gold hovers just above yesterday's 3-month high despite strength in the dollar index; crude extends losses ahead of tonight's API<ul><li><strong>In precious metals, gold hovered just above yesterday's 3-month high, silver traded nearly flat despite strength in the dollar index</strong><ul><li>April gold futures were up about $0.40 (+0.01%) around the $1232.50/oz level</li></ul></li><li><strong>The dollar index was +0.7% around the 100.58 level</strong><ul><li>Commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, were -0.1% around the 87.77 level</li></ul></li><li><strong>Natural gas resumed its previous 3-day uptrend after closing modestly lower yesterday, ahead of Thursday's EIA release</strong><ul><li>Mar 2017 natural gas futures were up about $0.07 (+2.3%) around the $3.12/MMBtu level</li><li>EIA natural gas data will be released Thursday at 10:30 am ET</li></ul></li><li><strong>Crude oil extended yesterday's losses ahead of tonight's API, note that crude has been trading in a tight $52.00-54.00/barrel range so far this year -</strong> <em>see yesterday's Energy Sector Summary comment at 15.13 pm ET for contributing factors affecting the price of oil this week</em><ul><li>Mar 2017 crude oil futures were down about $0.79 (-1.5%) around the $52.22/barrel level</li><li><strong>Baker Hughes announced in a PR this morning that the avg US rig count for Jan 2017 was 683, up 49 from the 634 counted in Dec 2016, and up 29 from the 654 counted in Jan 2016</strong><ul><li>The international rig count for Jan 2017 was 933, up 4 from the 929 counted in Dec 2016, and down 112 from the 1,045 counted in Jan 2016</li><li>The international offshore rig count for Jan 2017 was 206, down 4 from the 210 counted in Dec 2016, and down 36 from the 242 counted in Jan 2016</li><li>The avg Canadian rig count for Jan 2017 was 302, up 93 from the 209 counted in Dec 2016, and up 110 from the 192 counted in Jan 2016</li><li>The worldwide rig count for Jan 2017 was 1,918, up 146 from the 1,772 counted in Dec 2016, and up 27 from the 1,891 counted in Jan 2016</li></ul></li><li>Data reminders:<ul><li><strong>API petroleum data will be released today at 4:30 pm ET</strong></li><li>EIA petroleum data will be released Wednesday at 10:30 am ET</li><li>Baker Hughes weekly rig count data will be released Friday at 1 pm ET</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>"