Список проголосовавших за комментарий " Morning Commodities: Crude remains on track to close a volatile session at fresh 2017 lows for the 3rd consecutive day ahead of this afternoon's rig count<ul><li><strong>Crude oil traded lower for a 3rd consecutive session, on track to close near fresh lows of 2017 yet again ahead of today's rig count data<br/> </strong><ul><li>April crude oil futures were down about $0.30 (-0.6%) around the $48.99/barrel level</li><li><strong>Baker Hughes rig count data will be released today at 1 pm ET.</strong><ul><li>Last Friday's data showed the total active US rig count, which includes oil and natural-gas rigs, rose by 2 to 756 rigs, following the previous week's increase of 3 rigs.</li><li>Of this total, US rigs drilling for oil rose by 7 to 609 rigs. This marked the 7th weekly increase in a row for US oil rigs.</li></ul></li></ul></li><li><strong>Natural gas futures traded nearly flat in morning pit trading after yesterday's notable advance post-EIA</strong><ul><li>April natural gas futures were up less than $0.01 (+0.2%) around the $2.98/MMBtu level</li></ul></li><li><strong>In precious metals, gold steadied just under yesterday's 5-week low, silver traded nearly flat following the Feb non-farm payrolls report</strong><ul><li>April gold futures were down about $0.70 (-0.1%) around the $1202.40/oz level</li><li>May silver futures were down about $0.05 (-0.3%) around the $16.99/oz level</li></ul></li><li><strong>The dollar index was -0.2% around the 101.62 level<br/> </strong><ul><li>Commodities, as measured by the Bloomberg Commodity Index, were -0.04% around the 84.54 level</li></ul></li></ul>"