[at TheStreet.com] – Spot gold prices have been lackluster on Thursday upon the surprise outcome in the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index and to a certain degree the decline in jobless claims.
[at Reuters] – Argentina s Senate passed a law on Thursday that curbs mining on and around the nation s glaciers to protect water supplies, a measure praised by environmentalists but criticized by industry supporters.
[at MarketWatch] – Energy stocks finished out the last day of the third quarter of 2010 on Thursday, with petroleum shares on the rise, drilling stocks lower and natural gas stocks about flat. The NYSE Arca Oil Index rose 0.4% to 1,033.
[at New York Times] – Powerful energy companies on Thursday blamed subsidies to oil and natural gas companies for damaging the ability of the clean-energy industry to recover from the economic slowdown.
[AP] – Corn prices slumped Thursday after a new government report said inventories were higher than expected, which caught traders by surprise.
[at MarketWatch] – Gold weakens but gains about 5% for month and quarter. Silver and copper do even better.
[TheStreet.com] – Gold prices were rallying Thursday as eurozone worries sparked safe-haven buying.
[at Financial Times] – After four years of shortages that sent the price of cocoa to its highest level in three decades, traders almost unanimously believe that the cocoa market is set to move into a surplus in the 2010-11 marketing year, which starts on Friday.