Commodity prices Rose on the first trading day of 2010. Reuters/ Jefferies CRB Index gained +2.1% to 289.34 Monday.In the energy sector, heating oil price performed the best by jumping +3.5% to 2.1905 as meteorologists forecast that weather in the Northern hemisphere will remain extremely cold in coming 2 weeks.
Cold weather normally spurred extra demand for distillate. Crude oil advanced +2.7% to close at 81.51 and gasoline rose +2.5% to 2.1044.
Today in Asia, the momentum remains strong and energy prices are attempting to break above the highs made in 2009 (heating oil has made a 14-month high yesterday).
Economic data released Monday were encouraging. Apart from China and India, manufacturing activities are expanding in OECD countries.
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