| After rallying in February, Scotiabank's Commodity Price Index dropped by 3.7% in March, as oil prices retreated once again. The All Items Index is at its lowest level since January 2007 and is 32.8% below a year earlier.
"The good news is a spring rally has emerged in April, with price gains for oil and base metals," said Patricia Mohr, Vice President of Economics and Commodity Market Specialist at Scotiabank. "West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil prices have rallied back over US$57 in late April, as U.S. Department of Energy data indicates that U.S. shale oil production levelled out at about 5.618 million barrels per day (mb/d) in April and may edge down to 5.561 mb/d in May...............................................Full Article: Source
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