15th December 2014
Gold has retreated in commodities trading ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting to discuss the possibility of raising borrowing costs.
After rising by as much as 2.6 per cent last week - the biggest since October - spot gold was down 0.3 per cent at $1,218.80 on Monday morning.
Oil has been trading near a five-year low as the United Arab Emirates indicated OPEC has no intention of reducing output even if prices slump to $40 a barrel.
Brent futures fluctuated in London after falling 2.9 per cent on 12th December. After declining to nearly $60 a barrel on the back of an International Energy Agency prediction of further falls, prices recovered to $62.35.
Meanwhile, in forex trading, the Australian dollar fell to four-year lows against the greenback after the Australian government forecast a wider budget gap and a rise in the unemployment rate in 2015.
During late Asian trade, the pairing hit 0.821 - its lowest level since June 2010. It later consolidated at 0.823, slipping 0.15 per cent.
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