Light sweet crude oil for December delivery dropped 2 cents to $58.74 a barrel in electronic trading on the NYME. Gold opened Thursday at a bid price of $623.20 a troy ounce, up from $620.00 late Wednesday.
Currencies
The euro on Thursday slipped slightly against the dollar after U.S. Federal Reserve Bank minutes showed that it remained committed to curbing inflation by hiking interest rates. The euro bought $1.2806 in late morning European trading, compared with $1.2823 in New York late Wednesday. The British pound slipped to $1.8875 from $1.8892. The dollar was steady at 118.05 Japanese yen, the same level it was late Wednesday. |