A stronger dollar, a reduction in risk appetite and a scaling back of expectations that oil producers will actually limit output made it a tough month for most commodities. However, the price of gold was actually quite resilient in the face of rising US short-term Treasury yields. Meanwhile, dry weather in Brazil supported the prices of some key agricultural crops.
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