Where would I find historical spot prices for commodities like gold and oil?
I have been looking for a resource that provides spot prices of gold, oil (WTI), and other commodities but I cannot find any. Every site only seems to have a chart. The price I want is the price that is quoted newspapers and on TV; I don’t need futures prices for specific months. From what I understand, spot prices are the prices quoted. I cannot even find the spot price of gold for 12/14/09. Does anyone know why it is so difficult to find this information when the historical prices for stocks are readily available? Max M 9:45 pm on January 29, 2010 Check out http://www.finance.yahoo.com Kenny 9:46 pm on January 29, 2010 Its harder to find gold prices because more people play in the stock market, but there are sites if you just google them. The main source is the CME (the exchange that runs NYMEX which trades gold and oil). You can also find the spot prices on yahoo. There are couple of good website to look for history gold price or oil prices (I listed some below). The spot prices can
