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Options Update: Gold and oil companies' volatility decreasing

Posted Mar 20th 2009 9:00AM by Paul FosterPaul Foster RSS Feed
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Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) closed at $32.30. Crude oil futures are recently down 1.86% to $50.65 a barrel according to Bloomberg. April option implied volatility is at 69; July is at 66; below its 26-week average of 80, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY), the fifth largest gold producer globally, closed at $12.15. Gold is recently down .47% to $954.30 according to Bloomberg. HMY April option implied volatility of 67 is below its 26-week average of 89, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Tags: Gold and Oil, GoldAndOil, Harmony Gold, HarmonyGold, hmy, inthenews, option implied volatility, OptionImpliedVolatility, pbr, Petrobras

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