Energy and metals prices
Free public benchmark prices for crude oil, diesel, natural gas, gold, silver and copper, compared with the last reading, a year ago and the 5-year average. These are spot prices and monthly averages from government and World Bank sources, not CME futures.
Energy: daily spot prices (EIA)
WTI crude oil, Cushing spot
$107.89 $/bbl
Oct 20
Last reading-$2.12$110.01
Year ago+$49.55$58.34
5-yr average+$30.54$77.35
Diesel (ULSD), New York Harbor spot
$5.265 $/gal
Oct 20
Last reading+$0.092$5.173
Year ago+$3.027$2.238
5-yr average+$2.373$2.892
Natural gas, Henry Hub spot
$3.10 $/MMBtu
Oct 20
Last reading-$0.18$3.28
Year ago+$0.11$2.99
5-yr average-$0.25$3.35
Metals: monthly averages (World Bank)
Gold, monthly average
$4,319.00 $/troy oz
September 2026
Last month-$92.00$4,411.00
Year ago+$651.00$3,668.00
5-yr average+$1,996.80$2,322.20
Silver, monthly average
$64.60 $/troy oz
September 2026
Last month-$0.80$65.40
Year ago+$21.80$42.80
5-yr average+$36.98$27.62
Copper, monthly average
$14,474 $/metric ton
September 2026
Last month+$148$14,326
Year ago+$4,490$9,984
5-yr average+$5,560$8,914
Sources: crude oil (WTI, Cushing), New York Harbor ultra-low-sulfur diesel and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; EIA posts these about once a week. Gold, silver and copper monthly averages from the World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), licensed CC BY 4.0. Not CME futures. For futures quotes, see CME Group. All markets · Farm input costs · Economy