The dollar index remains in negative territory, which has provided some strength to the CRB Commodity Index. Energy markets are mixed, while precious metals are lower.
Crude oil lost steam almost two hours ago and fell $2 to new session lows of $83.40/barrel. Crude has recovered above the $84 level and moved back into positive territory and is now up 0.1% at $84.53/barrel. Natural gas has been in positive territory all morning and just hit new session highs of $3.96/MMBtu and is currently up 1.7% at $3.95/MMBtu.
Gold and silver have been trading with modest losses this morning. In recent trade, silver pushed off of new session lows of $42.60/oz and momentarily moved into the black. However, it's currently down 0.2% at $43.25/oz. Gold is down 0.6% at $1880.40/oz.