Markets were flat yesterday, yet Natural Gas, Copper, Silver showed impressive gains and made this list of top gainers.
Markets did not have a clear cut direction — Gold ended the session at $1,685.7 after a 3.36% gain. Crude Oil gained 5.28% and closed at $93.
This limbo state is reflected by published market data as United States Non Farm Payrolls released yesterday at 12:30 UTC is better than expected at 261,000 but down from preceding data of 315,000 according to new data.
Though yesterday was a sideways session for markets, some commodities increased in value. Take a look at our top gainers.
CME Copper | +8% at $3.7
Copper spiked to $3.7 per pound, gaining 27.4 cents.
NYMEX Natural Gas | +8.1% at $6.46
Natural Gas went up to $6.46 per MMBtu yesterday, gaining 8.1%.
CME Silver | +7.64% at $20.91
Silver is on a 4 day uptrend, gaining a total of 9.39%. Yesterday's session pointed in the same direction — Silver spiked to $20.91 per troy ounce, gaining $1.48.