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Natural Gas $ 3.972 / Btu 0.76%
Silver Futures $ 67.62 / ozt 3.37%
Aluminum Futures $ 2966.75 / ton 1.59%
Micro Gold Futures $ 4386.6 / ozt 0.51%
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Platinum $ 2023.25 / ozt 3.59%
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