Natural Gas Market Update

April natural gas NGJ15, +0.63%  tacked on 1.4 cents, or 0.5%, to end at $2.712 per million British thermal units.

Petroleum-product prices climbed ahead of the weekly supply data. Nymex gasoline for April rose 5.3 cents, or 2.8%, to $1.9499 a gallon, while April heating oil HOJ5, -0.74%  settled at $1.9395, up 5.2 cents, or 2.8%.

Oil Market Update

Crude-oil futures rebounded on Tuesday, with prices for Brent leading the charge higher as violence in Libya and concerns surrounding Iran’s nuclear program raised risks to global oil supplies.

Crude-oil futures for delivery in April CLJ5, +0.18% settled at $50.52 a barrel, up 93 cents, or 1.9%, on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude for April delivery LCOJ5, -0.43%  on London’s ICE Futures exchange rose $1.48, or 2.5%, to end at $61.02 a barrel.

Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, -0.49%  shed 30 cents to $1,189.60 an ounce. June palladium PAM5, -0.54% rose 55 cents to $831.65 an ounce. 

May copper HGK5, +0.24%  fell 4.1 cents to $2.657 a pound.