The prices of most major commodities fell in April due to growing concerns about the health of the global economy (and the early signs are that this weakness is continuing, for much the same reasons, into May). In particular, Brent crude dropped below the $100 level that we expect to be seen increasingly as a ceiling for the oil price, rather than a floor.
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