| Commodity prices from gold to oil and aluminium to iron ore are tumbling – here are the big fallers. Just when investors thought it might be time for a summer lull, financial markets have shifted their focus from the eurozone and its Greek woes to tumbling commodity prices.
A combination of factors have knocked gold, crude oil and industrial metals such as copper in recent days. What commodities are on the move and what are they used for? Primarily used in jewellery and as a financial instrument, such as in the form of bars in central bank vaults, gold is also in demand from electronics companies and for medical uses such as dentistry...............................................Full Article: Source
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