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Gold, oil prices blast new highs

AFP, London
Gold and oil prices scored fresh lifetime peaks this week as investors snapped up commodities in favour of the weak dollar and sought safety from falling equity markets.
Oil approached 112 dollars per barrel and gold rocketed beyond 1,030 dollars an ounce on Monday.
However, prices then hit reverse gear as market sentiment turned sour amid profittaking and resurgent demand concerns.
Traders are very worried that the global credit squeeze, which erupted last August and has yet to run its course, could have a negative impact on future commodity demand.
OIL: New York's light sweet crude jumped to a record high 111.80 dollars per barrel on Monday, before demand fears sent prices reeling back under 100 dollars during trading on Thursday. Prices later edged slightly higher.
"Crude fell below 100 dollars a barrel as fears of a US recession, its impact on the rest of the world, and on oil demand growth continue to dominate
headlines," said Sucden analyst Michael Davies.
1 h e market plunged because traders remained concerned about worsening credit conditions the world over which are threatening to derail global economic growth, analysts said.
By Thursday, New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, sank to 101.22 dollars, which compared with 109.30 dollars for the April contract on Friday of the previous week.
Brent North Sea crude for May delivery tumbled to 100.08 dollars on Thursday, which compared with 106.59 dollars for the April contract on Friday of the previous week.
GOLD AND SILVER: Gold leapt to a record high 1,032.70 dollars on Monday before heading lower as traders banked gains.
"Deepening woes in the global financial system triggered rampant safe-haven buying of gold and silver, with gold testing above 1,030 dollars per ounce,” said James Moore, an analyst at TheBullionDesk.com.
Towards the end of the week, however, gold plunged in value
as traders fretted over longterm demand.
The metal was also sold off as after the US federal Reserve cut American interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point. That was less than expected and gave a boost to the US dollar.
On the London Bullion Market, gold tumbled to 925.75 dollars per ounce at Thursday's late fixing, down from 1,003.50 dollars on Friday of the previous week.
Silver sank to 17.53 dollars per ounce from 21.07 dollars.
BASE METALS: Base metals fell across the board as traders also fretted over slowing economic growth dampening demand, traders said.
By Thursday, copper for delivery in three months slid to 7,979 dollars per tonne on the LME, from 8,490 dollars on Friday of the previous week.
Three-month aluminium fell to 2,920 dollars per tonne from 3,156 dollars. Three-month nickel dropped to 29,300 dollars per tonne from 32,850 dollars. Three-month lead dived to 2,835 dollars per tonne from 3,101 dollars. Three-month zinc slid to 2,410 dollars per tonne from 2,608
dollars, while three-month tin sagged to 20,575 dollars per tonne from 20,700 dollars.
GRAINS AND SOYA: Prices beat a retreat on profit-taking, in line with other commodity markets.
By Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat for May delivery had fallen to 10.45 dollars per bushel from 11.91 dollars on Friday of the previous week.
May-dated soyabean meal --used in animal feed -- sank to 12.21 dollars from 13.52 dollars.
The price of maize for May delivery slipped to 5.14 dollars per bushel from 5.59 dollars.
On LIFFE, London's futures exchange, the price per tonne of wheat for November delivery fell to 151 pounds from 160.50 pounds.
SUGAR:Sugar prices dipped.
By Thursday on LIFFE, the price per tonne of white sugar for May delivery slipped to 325.50 pounds, from 355 pounds on Friday of the previous week.
On NYBOT, the price of unrefined sugar for May delivery fell to 11.90 US cents per pound from 13.34 cents.