Analytics, News, and Forecasts for CFD Markets: raw news — 16-04-2014.

West Texas Intermediate traded near a six-week high after stockpiles at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the contract, dropped. Brent climbed above $110 a barrel on signs that the crisis in Ukraine is escalating.

Futures increased as much as 1.2 percent in New York. Cushing supplies slid 771,000 barrels last week to 26.8 million, the lowest level since October 2009, according to the Energy Information Administration. Nationwide inventories grew more than five times as much as forecast. Ukraine began an offensive against separatists in its east, recapturing an airport amid claims that Russian special forces were fomenting unrest.

WTI for May delivery advanced 54 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $104.29 a barrel at 10:38 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract traded at $104.54 before the release of the report at 10:30 a.m. in Washington. Futures jumped to $104.99 earlier, the highest level since March 3. The volume of all futures traded was 19 percent above the 100-day average.

Brent for June settlement rose 59 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $109.95 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Prices climbed above $110 for the first time since March 4. The May contract expired yesterday. Volume was 12 percent above the 100-day average.

Gold prices slightly reduced against the strengthening U.S. dollar. The dollar had data on the growth of industrial production in the United States .

The Federal Reserve said that by the end of last month, the volume of industrial production increased markedly . Last improvement - a sign of recovery sector after the winter slowdown.

According to the report , March industrial output rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% , compared with growth of 1.2% in the previous month , which was revised upward from 0.6 %. We also add that the capacity utilization rate - the effectiveness of the sensor in various industries - rose by 0.4 percentage points - to the level of 79.2% . Economists had forecast growth of 0.5%, and reduced capacity utilization to 78.4 %.

"Statistics from the United States recently has been good , and in the absence of tension in Ukraine the price of gold , in my opinion , would be lower," - said the head of precious metals at Marex Spectron Group in London , David Govett .

On the eve of the World Gold Council (World Gold Council, WGC) published a report on the gold market in China , where it is predicted that in the next four years, the total demand for gold in this country will grow by about 25 % , at least up to 1350 tons This major growth will occur in the jewelery sector and in investment . Compared with last year, the demand for jewelry in 2017 . increase by about 17 % - up to 780 tons, and the demand for gold coins and bars - 25% to almost 500 tons WGC explain the emerging increase in demand increase in welfare of the growing middle class in China and the cultural traditions of the country. Against this background, analysts at Commerzbank expect that in the medium and long term , China will remain the largest consumer of gold , which will support the price of this precious metal.

The cost of the June gold futures on the COMEX today dropped to $ 1293.50 per ounce.