Commodities End Mixed To Conclude Strong Week; Crude Still Above $80
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 18:49 PM EDT
Copper and zinc settled up after hitting multimonth highs Friday amid upbeat global economic data. Oil and crop prices were mixed, feeling pressure from a higher dollar and lower equity markets. The Reuters-Jefferies CRB index, a commodities basket that tracks 19 markets, fell nearly 1%, easing from the one-year high reached Wednesday. The dollar soared against the pound after data showed the U.K. economy still mired in recession. Wall Street's