Gold consolidated in the early Asian session amid mixed signals.

The yen strengthened against other G-10 and Asian currencies in the early morning session.

Japanese government bonds edged lower in early Tokyo trade, weighed by Japanese economic data released earlier that showed a pickup in underlying inflation.

The Nikkei Stock Average was up 0.2% at 38110.70 as gains in energy and machinery stocks helped offset losses in financial shares.

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The first snowfall of the season over Chicago and other swaths of Middle America and forecasts for frigid weather in the coming weeks have added fuel to the natural-gas rally, pushing prices of the power-generation and heating fuel to a new highs for the year.

Oil extended gains in European afternoon trade, based on growing fears of an escalation in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Gold settled 0.9% higher, up for a fourth consecutive session, and silver fell 0.1%, down for two consecutive sessions.

The WSJ Dollar Index was up 0.2% to 101.00 — up for two consecutive trading days.

Treasury yields ticked higher, shaking off earlier sluggishness, after jobless-claims and home-sales data showed economic resilience.

The Dow jumped, powered by gains at Salesforce, IBM and Goldman Sachs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite edged up slightly, weighed down by losses at Google parent Alphabet.

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U.S. crude oil inventories rose last week as an increase in imports offset a decline in production, while refineries ran at a lower rate than the week before.

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U.S. natural gas futures rose for a fourth straight session as the market braced for a turn in the weather and the start of the storage withdrawal season.

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