Gasoline Market Update

On Nymex Monday, April gasoline RBJ5, +0.02%  fell less than a cent to $1.875 a gallon and heating oil for the same month HOJ5, +0.26% shed 2.9 cents to $1.84 a gallon.

April natural gas NGJ15, +0.86%  settled at $2.678 per million British thermal units, down 16 cents, or 5.7%. Prices had gained 3.8% last week.

Oil Market Update

Crude-oil futures settled higher on Monday, with prices finding footing at $50 a barrel after steep declines late last week due to a stronger dollar and rising U.S. oil supplies.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude for delivery in April CLJ5, +0.30%  climbed 39 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $50 a barrel after tallying a decline of 3.8% over the past two trading sessions. Brent crude oil for April delivery LCOJ5, +0.03%  on London's ICE Futures exchange fell $1.20, or 2%, to settle at $58.53 a barrel.

Platinum Market Update

In other metals trade Monday, April platinum PLJ5, -0.42%  fell $10.20, or 0.9%, to $1,148.60 an ounce, while June palladium rose $4.80, or 0.6%, to $822.95 an ounce.

May copper HGJ5, -0.50%  rose 6.2 cents, or 2.4%, to end at $2.671 a pound.