Commodities performed above the stock market recently and that was evident with the Nymex Natural Gas Index up 7.49% at the end of last week (Aug. 11, 2023)data from (WSJ Markets Digest Aug 12-13, 2023).
We can tell much about the future by looking at the past and the Markets Digest of the WSJ illuminates changes in the overall markets for our review.
Let’s take a look at what it reported.
The DJIA ended the week at 35,281.40. The all-time high being 36,799.675
Crude Oil ended at $83.19 per barrel
Natural Gas $/MMBtu $2.77
Gold $ per Troy Ounce $1912.90
WSJ US dollar Index 97.66
Inflation Core July 2023 Index 309.402 up .16 from June 23 and up 4.7% July 2022.
