Commodity prices as a whole were little changed in April. The drought-related rise in soybean prices has drawn some media interest, but this was more than offset by falls for other agriculturals, notably sugar. Industrial metals prices were supported by hopes of a strong recovery in demand later in the year (too optimistic, in our view), while the price of natural gas in the US is bottoming out after the unusually mild winter in North America.
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