Natural Gas
U.S. natural gas futures have also advanced since dipping to $1.902 a million British thermal units on April 19, the lowest close this year, as hotter-than-normal weather boosted power plant use, pushing prices above $3.20 at the end of July.
Natural gas futures were trading today at $2.787 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange and a barrel of WTI crude was worth $96.60.
Twelve of 24 commodities on the GSCI have fallen this year, led by a 27 percent drop in coffee and an 18 percent decline in cotton. Nickel prices have decreased 17 percent this year on concern that China's economic growth is slowing.