Commodities: Gains in energy offset by weakness in metals, agriculturals

Weakness in metals and agricultural futures dragged the commodities complex lower, offsetting strength in energy.

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures ended the session higher by 0.75% to $49.44 a barrel on the ICE, alongside gains of 0.64% for NYMEX traded gasoline to $1.6129 a gallon.

Heating oil futures also gained, rising 1.04% to $1.5494 per gallon.

June 2017 natural gas futures on the other hand slipped 0.31% to $3.18/MMBtu.

Precious metals were largely unwanted following the previous day's gains, with July 2017 COMEX silver off 1.63% to $16.63/oz..

Copper was also unloved, giving back 0.45% to $2.5350 a pound on COMEX.

Among agriculturals, corn fared worst, with July 2017 futures on the CBoT down by 1.41% to $3.6625 a bushel.