Today's Edition
WORLD CAPITALS (WAM)
Oil prices fell at Monday's open, while gold rose than 1 per cent.
Brent was down 64 cents, or 0.64 percent, to $97.67 a barrel by 11:34 GMT. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 35 cents, or 0.40 percent, to $90.51 a barrel.
Meanwhile, precious metals rose at the start of trading.
Gold extended gains after climbing nearly 5 percent last week. Spot gold climbed 1.4 percent to $4,123.46 per ounce by 04:28 GMT, while US gold futures for December delivery also rose 1.4 percent to $4,132.70. Bullion gained about 5 percent last week.
Among other metals, spot silver climbed 2.5 percent to $53.15 per ounce, platinum gained 1.3 percent to $1,553.23, and palladium rose 2.1 percent to $1,045.11.
