Natural Gas Market Update

Natural gas for January delivery NGF15, +0.99% fell 8 cents to around $3.72 per million British thermal units.

Gasoline blendstock for January RBF5, -0.41%  — the benchmark gasoline contract — fell around 2 cents to $1.58 a gallon. 

Oil Market Update

A modest rebound by oil futures gave way to fresh selling Monday, clearing the way for a new round of lows after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries offered no indication it’s ready to blink and cut production.

U.S. light, sweet crude futures for delivery in January CLF5, -0.48%  pushed modestly higher in early action, buoyed in part by port disruptions in Libya before sinking again. West Texas Intermediate crude oil, as the U.S. benchmark is known, fell $1.90, or 3.3%, to close at $55.91, the lowest finish since May 2009.

January Brent crude LCOF5, -0.59%  on London’s ICE futures exchange was dragged lower, falling 79 cents, or 1.2%, to $61.06 a barrel.

Platinum Market Update

January platinum PLF5, -0.21% lost $16.60, or 1.4%, to $1,214.90 an ounce, while March palladium PAH5, -0.32% slumped $14, or 1.7%, to $802.55 an ounce. 

High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, -0.10% fell 6 cents to $2.88 a pound.