Prices Quotes

Zinc stockpiles keep coming down. Consumers are still buying at high prices. - Andrew Silver

Zinc prices are up on low capacity utilization rates at Chinese zinc smelters due to concentrate shortage, and strong demand driven by galvanized steel. - Ingrid Sternby

You've seen continued good performance on commodities' prices and the fact that the rand didn't break through the 6.0 (against the dollar) level is giving the market a bit of support on the resource stocks. - Greg Potter

You've had obviously a rise in gasoline prices, which is the visible price in the economy... There's (also) a tendency of the public to look at the unemployment rate that actually rose in March, while Wall Street looks at payrolls (which showed a large jump in the number of people working.) - Ethan Harris

You've had not only a steady rise in actual oil and gas prices, but you have had a steady rise in the expected oil and gas prices by the companies. Spending plans appear to be robust. - Geoff Kieburtz

You've got two things: a horrible retail environment ... and oil prices are up to $32 a barrel. When energy prices rise they pervade all aspects of the economy and costs go up. ... The big thing overhanging the market is what we are going to do with Iraq. - Michael Carty

You've got to give product away in Africa... There's a natural arbitrage where the prices get pressure around the world. - Barbara Ryan

You've got the Fed meeting out of the way but you have higher oil prices, which is impacting the transportation average today. As far as oil is concerned, you're coming into the heating oil season and inventories are down. I think that weighed upon (Fed chairman) Greenspan's cautionary bias. - Larry Rice

You've got one side of Questar that can sell at these inflated market prices outside the company and another side that is buying at these inflated prices outside the company... For about 25 years, Questar refused to drill for new gas supplies on behalf of Questar Gas Co.'s customers. If they had done so, instead of having to buy on the open market half of all the gas we use, they would have all the company-owned gas that they need to supply their customers at cost of production. - Roger Ball

You've got oil prices and the economic news having an impact today. Obviously tomorrow it's all about unemployment. That's the wild card. - Tim Heekin