Commodity Gains Prompted by More Than Dollar Drop, Barclays Says
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Gains in commodities in the past week reflect increased global demand as much as the weakness of the U.S. dollar, according to Barclays Plc.
The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Index of 24 raw materials headed for an eighth weekly advance today, the longest streak since 1996. The Dollar Index lost 0.8 percent this week.