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Supply factors pull down commodity prices

An increase in oil supply from Libya outweighed an increase in geopoliticaltensions elsewhere causing oil prices to fall in July, whilst continued goodweather in the US led to a drop in the prices of grains and soybeans.Meanwhile, better Chinese PMI data boosted industrial metals prices.

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