OIL Crude for January delivery was at $87.84 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 9 cents, at 2:46 p.m. Singapore time. The contract expires today. The more-actively traded February future slid 3 cents to $88.37. The volume traded for all contracts was 48 percent below the average of the past 100 days. Front-month futures rose 0.8 percent yesterday to $87.93, the highest close since Dec. 4.
Brent oil for February settlement on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange was up 10 cents at $108.94 a barrel. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $20.57 to the corresponding WTI contract, from $20.44 yesterday.
Gold for immediate delivery gained as much as 0.3 percent to $1,676.85 an ounce and was at $1,675.50 at 1:45 p.m. in Singapore. The price fell to $1,661.10 yesterday, the lowest since Aug. 31, as optimism that a deal may be reached boosted equities and pared demand for the metal as an alternative asset.


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