| The price of Australia's export commodities fell to a new four-year low in April. The Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices was 1.3 per cent lower in foreign currency terms in the month. Prices for base metals and rural commodities rose in the month, but these rises were outweighed by falls for iron ore, coking coal and gold.
The April level of the index was 28 per cent below the July 2011 all-time high in July 2011, and as low as it has been since March 2010. There is some prospect of more stable prices recently...............................................Full Article: Source
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