# March energy prices advanced, metals prices declined–Pink Sheet

> The World Bank's Pink Sheet reported energy prices rose 1 percent in March, led by a 1 percent gain in crude oil, while non-energy prices fell almost 1 percent on lower metals. Agricultural prices rose 1 percent, led by cocoa (+18 percent), maize and soybean meal (+5 percent each), and fertilizer prices also edged up, led by TSP and DAP.

- Date: 2018-04-04 · published 2018-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65810-march-energy-prices-advanced-metals-prices-declined-pink-sheet
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md)

## Why it matters

Monthly benchmark data shows firmer maize, soybean meal and phosphate prices, which lifts feed input costs modestly. The energy gain also slightly supports biofuel and freight costs.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- SBM: bullish ▲
- TSP: bullish ▲
- WTI: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-06 | [USDA feed additive prices 2021 \| Feed Planet Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47938-usda-feed-additive-prices-2021-feed-planet-magazine.md) | +1.7% | +24.1% |
| CORN | 2022-04-08 | [Food prices hit record high in March, U.N. agency says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41886-food-prices-hit-record-high-in-march-u-n-agency-says-reuters.md) | -0.7% | -6.4% |
| CORN | 2024-12-31 | [2025 Soybean Outlook: Well-supplied market pressures prices – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27016-2025-soybean-outlook-well-supplied-market-pressures-prices-agrinews.md) | +1.4% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2018-11-02 | [Global food prices dip in October amid declines in dairy and sluggish palm oil demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6993-global-food-prices-dip-in-october-amid-declines-in-dairy-and-sluggish-palm-oil.md) | +3.2% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2021-04-07 | [High soy and corn prices affect Lysine market - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47937-high-soy-and-corn-prices-affect-lysine-market-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +2.8% | +25.3% |
| SBM | 2018-01-21 | [Vegetable oil prices decline to 5-month low  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67047-vegetable-oil-prices-decline-to-5-month-low-the-daily-digest.md) | +1.2% | +12.6% |
| SBM | 2024-11-11 | [Global soybean market faces challenges amid oilseed production decline \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27430-global-soybean-market-faces-challenges-amid-oilseed-production-decline-feed-and.md) | -1.9% | -4.2% |
| SBM | 2016-05-05 | [Dairy Economic Update: No spring in prices, margin -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4169-dairy-economic-update-no-spring-in-prices-margin-ag-proud.md) | +6.2% | +22.0% |

## Sources

- blogs.worldbank.org: https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/march-energy-prices-advanced-metals-prices-declined-pink-sheet

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