Gold
$ per troy oz
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What moves it: Real interest rates, the US dollar, central bank buying and fear in other markets.
Commodity prices
Gold, silver, oil, natural gas, copper and the main grains in one place. Each card shows today's move, where the price sits in its 52-week range, and what usually pushes it up or down.
Front-month futures prices. Delayed by up to 15 minutes. Markets close on weekends.
Not loadedPrecious metals
Bought as a store of value and a hedge when people worry about inflation, currencies or markets.
Silver
$ per troy oz
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What moves it: Follows gold, but about half of demand is industrial (solar, electronics), so it swings harder.
Related funds: SLV
Platinum
$ per troy oz
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What moves it: Car catalytic converters and industrial use. Supply is concentrated in South Africa and Russia.
Energy
The fuels behind transport, power and heating. Prices react fast to supply news and the weather.
Crude oil (WTI)
$ per barrel
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What moves it: OPEC+ output decisions, US inventories, global growth and geopolitics.
Related funds: XLE
Brent crude
$ per barrel
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What moves it: The international oil benchmark. It usually trades a few dollars above WTI.
Natural gas
$ per MMBtu
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What moves it: Weather (heating and cooling demand), storage levels and LNG exports. Very volatile.
Industrial metals
A read on factory demand and construction, especially in China.
Copper
$ per lb
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What moves it: China demand, the electric vehicle and grid build-out, and mine supply disruptions.
Grains and oilseeds
Quoted in US cents per bushel. Driven by crop weather, planting reports and export demand.
Wheat
¢ per bushel
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What moves it: Weather in major growing regions, Black Sea exports and stockpiles.
Corn
¢ per bushel
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What moves it: US planting and yield reports, ethanol demand and feed demand.
Soybeans
¢ per bushel
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What moves it: China import demand and South American harvests.
Common questions
What is a futures price?
A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity at a set price on a future date. The price you see for gold or oil is usually the nearest contract (the front month). It tracks the spot price closely but can differ slightly, especially when the contract is close to expiring.
How can I invest in commodities without trading futures?
Most people use exchange-traded funds. Some hold the metal itself, such as gold and silver funds. Others hold futures contracts or shares of mining and energy companies, which behave differently from the commodity. Check what a fund actually holds before buying it.
Why do gold and the dollar often move in opposite directions?
Gold is priced in US dollars. When the dollar weakens, gold becomes cheaper for buyers using other currencies, which tends to lift demand and price. The link is common, but it is not a rule and it breaks down at times.
Why is natural gas so volatile?
Demand swings with the weather, supply cannot be switched on and off quickly, and storage is limited. A cold snap or an unexpected storage report can move the price several percent in a day.
Are these prices live?
They are loaded when you open the page and refresh every five minutes. Quotes come from public market data and can be delayed by up to 15 minutes. The time shown on the page is when the prices were last fetched.
Want to compare commodity funds? See GLD vs SLV and GLD vs GDX, or check how much of a portfolio sits in one place with the Portfolio X-Ray.
Educational information, not investment advice. Commodity prices can be very volatile and past performance does not predict future results.