06.01.2014 - Commodities mostly fall in downbeat start to 2014
Commodity prices mainly fell this week in low-volume trade on the back of weak Chinese economic data, while many participants were away for an extended Christmas and New Year break. Beijing released figures on Friday showing that growth in China’s services sector slowed sharply in December. The data followed news on Wednesday and Thursday that manufacturing in the country had also suffered a slowdown in growth last month. On the upside, precious metals eked out slender gains following heavy losses during 2013...............................................Full Article: Source
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