3 commodities set to close higher as equities stay flat

Despite the markets being mostly flat towards the end of today's trading session, Natural Gas, Oats, Coffee have end the day as top gainers.

Markets are currently flat. Gold drawing back 1.9% to $1,819.4. Crude Oil trades at $77.73 after losing 3.39%.

Current market events are being influenced by ambiguous macro data as United States 3-Year Note Auction released today at 18:00 UTC with a figure of 4.635, while the previous figure was 4.073.

The Coffee future | Broadly flat at $182.3; session high: $183.45 session low: $177.5

As the current session draws to a close, ICE Coffee remains in the $177.5 – $183.45 range after dropping 0.08%.

+4.2%: Energy in focus as bullish US Natural Gas posts 4.2% gain

Tentatively higher from an earlier low of $2.51, NYMEX Gas is up to $2.68 per MMBtu today, adding 10.8 cents, or 4.2%, to yesterday's closing price of $2.57.

CME Oats | +3.92%; session high: $345.5 session low: $319

CME Oats dropped to $319, hitting its lowest point in 2 years. It later recovered $18.75 and is now trading at $337.75. 10 months ago the Oats future reached a significant high of $783.5 but has consequently lost 58.52% since then.