Natural Gas Market Update

Back on Nymex, April natural gas NGJ15, +0.44%  fell 5.3 cents, or 1.9%, to end at $2.733 per million British thermal units.

April gasoline RBJ5, -0.37%  rose more than a half cent to $1.804 a gallon and April heating oil HOJ5, -0.49%  settled at $1.731 gallon, down less than half a cent for the session.

Oil Market Update

Oil futures settled on Monday at their highest level in almost two weeks on the back of a weaker U.S. dollar, despite comments from Saudi Arabia that indicated it would maintain crude-production levels.

May crude CLK5, -1.31%  tacked on 88 cents, or 1.9%, to settle at $47.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That was the highest settlement for a most-active contract since March 11.

May Brent crude LCOK5, -0.66%  added 60 cents, or 1.1%, to end at $55.92 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange.

Platinum Market Update

In other metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, -0.24%  settled up $3.30, or 0.3%, at $1,144.50 an ounce, while June palladium PAM5, +0.23%  fell $8.40, or 1.1%, to $770.70 an ounce.

May copper HGK5, -0.05%  tacked on 2.85 cents, or 1%, to $2.7895 a pound.