Crude oil, Gold Showing Gains

London (Mar 21) A weaker dollar index is supporting a move higher by crude oil and gold this morning. Apr gold touched a session high of $1340.50 per ounce moments before equity markets opened. It is currently up 0.4% at $1335.10 per ounce. May silver pulled back into the red from its session high of $20.50 per ounce set in early morning action. It is now down 0.4% at $20.35 per ounce. May crude oil has been positive all morning, trading as high as $99.76 per barrel in recent action. It is now up 0.9% at $99.74 per barrel. Apr natural gas has been in negative territory all morning, dipping to a session low of $4.29 per MMBtu. It is currently trading at $4.32 per MMBtu, or 1.2% lower.

Source: TDameritrade