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Oil hits record, gold shines

AFP, London
Oil prices stormed to record highs this week, spiking above 135 dollars as investors showed no let-up in their tliirst for black gold amid tight supplies, high demand and a weak dollar.
OIL: Brent North Sea oil struck an all-time high of 135.14 dollars and New York light sweet crude reached a record 135.09 dollars on Thursday, driven by growing concerns that energy supplies will fail to keep up with demand.
They later slumped as investors banked profits but resumed their upwards march on Friday.
"It seems there is no stopping soaring oil prices," said Andrey Kryuchenkov at the Sucden brokerage in London.
Crude futures have risen by more than a third since the beginning of 2008 when they Struck 100 dollars for the first time, lifted by unrest in oil-producing countries, falling energy inventories, Opec's unwillingness to hike output, high Asian demand for fuel and a weak dollar.A struggling US currency makes dollar-commodities cheaper for foreign buyers.
Oil prices breached 130 dollars for die first time on Wednesday and continued higher on news that US energy inventories had unexpectedly fallen last week.
Opec, which produces 40 percent of the world’s oil, is reluctant to bend to US-led demands for it to pump more crude to help cool rocketing prices.
The 13-nation cartel insists that the market is well supplied and that record prices reflect speculative investment activity rather than actual supply and demand conditions.
By Friday, New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, had soared to 133.17 dollars from 127.43 dollars a week earlier.
Brent North Sea crude for June was at 133.44 dollars, up from 126.07 dollars die previous week.
PRECIOUS METALS'. Gold shone, reaching a near five-week high. Soaring oil prices raised concerns about inflation, encouraging investors to
buy gold, which is widely regarded as a good store of value. Silver benefited from the rise of gold
On the London Bullion Market, gold gained to 927.50 dollars per ounce at Friday's late fixing from 897 dollars a week earlier. Silver advanced to 18.10 dollars per ounce from 16.83 dollars.
BASE METALS: Base metals prices slumped, with nickel and zinc liitting two-year lows.
By Friday, copper for delivery in three months fell to 8,200 dollars per tonne on the London Metal Exchange from 8,296 dollars a week earlier.
Three-month aluminium dropped to 2,988 dollars per tonne from 3,010 dollars. Three-month nickel slid to 23,510 dollars per tonne from 26,305 dollars. Three-month lead dropped to 2,020 dollars per tonne from 2,276 dollars.
Three-month zinc declined to 2,143 dollars per tonne from 2,318 dollars. Three-month tin slumped to 23,700 dollars per tonne from 25,300 dollars.
SUGAR: Sugar prices extended their downward spiral.
, "Sugar faltered to a three-week low ... as plentiful supplies weighed on the market," wrote analysts at Barclays Capital.
By Friday on UFFE, the price per tonne of white sugar for August delivery fell to 326 pounds from 331.10 pounds the previous week.
On NYBOT, the price of unrefined sugar for July delivery declined to 10.24 US cents per pound from 11.10 cents.
GRAINS AND SOYA: Grains and soya prices were mixed as markets tracked the path taken by oil.
July-dated soyabean meal --used in animal feed -- dropped to 13.61 dollars from 13.78 dollars.
Wheat for July delivery fell to 7.49 dollars per bushel from 7.75 dollars.
RUBBER: Rubber prices extended their rally, boosted by record-high oil prices and as heavy rain in Asian producing countries disrupted output.
On Friday, the Malaysian Rubber Board's benchmark SMR20 rose to 302.70 US cents per kilq from 288.90 a week earlier.