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Palladium $ 1786.9 / ozt 0.50%

Crude Oil $ 56.66 / bbl 1.12%

Natural Gas $ 3.984 / Btu 1.07%

Silver Futures $ 67.489 / ozt 3.17%

Aluminum Futures $ 2868 / ton 0.00%

Micro Gold Futures $ 4418.8 / ozt 0.53%

Micro Silver Futures $ 67.489 / ozt 3.16%

Platinum $ 2018.6 / ozt 3.35%

Gold Futures $ 4387.3 / ozt 0.54%

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