{"id":308136,"date":"2026-02-24T18:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/308136\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:33:13","slug":"diverging-price-performance-across-commodity-markets-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/308136\/","title":{"rendered":"Diverging price performance across commodity markets in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tDiverging price performance across commodity markets in 2026 | Oxford Economics<\/p>\n<p>  &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"#main\" class=\"skip-link\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gb-text\">Metals are expected to outperform, while energy and agricultural commodities weaken on average.<\/p>\n<p>Commodity markets have entered 2026 with an unusually wide dispersion in price performance. After several years in which broad macro forces dominated price movements, sector-specific fundamentals are now playing a more decisive role. Our latest commodity price forecasts point to a clear divergence this year: metals are expected to outperform, while energy and agricultural commodities are set to weaken on average.<\/p>\n<p>What you will learn in this report:<\/p>\n<p>Precious and battery metals are forecast to record the fastest price growth, supported by strong investor demand, base effects, and policy- and geopolitics-related tailwinds, reflecting the uneven transmission of risks across commodity markets.<\/p>\n<p>Base metals will also outperform, driven by robust investment-led demand from data centres, electricity networks, and high-value manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural prices remain under pressure, reflecting strong global harvests, elevated inventories, and subdued demand growth.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices are expected to see the sharpest declines, as persistent surplus conditions dominate pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Natural gas prices diverge across regions, with US benchmarks rising as expanding LNG exports tighten domestic balances, while European prices ease as flexible LNG supply continues to replace Russian gas.<\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in<\/p>\n<p>      Select to close video modal<\/p>\n<p>      Select to close video modal<\/p>\n<p>      Play Video<br \/>\n      Select to play video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordeconomics.com\" class=\"gm02__logo\" aria-label=\"Select to return to the homepage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OE-Logo-Main-Colour-RGB.png\" alt=\"Select to return to the homepage\" class=\"gm02__logo-image\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gm02__copyright\">\u00a9 Oxford Economics 2026 all rights reserved<\/p>\n<p>\t\t  \t\tShare\t<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oe-position-relative\" width=\"32\" alt=\"USA content links popup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/USA.png\" title=\"USA\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Services you might be interested in<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tX\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oe-position-relative\" width=\"32\" alt=\"Australian content links popup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordeconomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/australia.svg\" title=\"australia\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Services you might be interested in<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tX Close\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>symbol\/arrow LEFTsymbol\/arrow RIGHTPathFill 1Combined Shapeicon-arrow-lefticon-arrow-rightPathRectanglePathicon calendarPathPathicon-circle-playClose IconEmailShapeExternal iconFacebookInstagramLinkedInShapeicon-mouseTelephoneShapeicon-pinterestPlay iconProfile icon??PathShapeFill 1IconPathicon-twitterWe Chaticon-youtubeLogo_OxEc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diverging price performance across commodity markets in 2026 | Oxford Economics &#13; &#13; &#13; Skip to content &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,2791,15614,85,46],"class_list":["post-308136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-commodities","tag-commodity-prices","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}