# Selling pressure continues in commodity market

> Commodity markets sold off last week as hawkish central bank expectations and a strong US dollar weighed on prices. Gold fell 1.8% and silver 5.7%, while the US economy unexpectedly contracted 1.4% in Q1. Brent rose 0.6% and US natural gas rose 10.9% after Gazprom halted deliveries to Bulgaria and Poland and Germany considered an embargo on Russian oil.

- Date: 2022-05-02 · published 2022-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9743-selling-pressure-continues-in-commodity-market
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A stronger dollar makes US commodity exports dearer abroad, which can pressure grain and oilseed demand. Higher energy prices raise the cost of fertilizer, freight and feed processing, and that supports input costs.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲
- NATGAS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2024-01-30 | [Fitch Sees Higher Prices for Ammonia, Urea, Phosphate Rock -- Commodity Comment - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32438-fitch-sees-higher-prices-for-ammonia-urea-phosphate-rock-commodity-comment.md) | -14.2% | -36.0% |
| NATGAS | 2024-12-20 | [The Commodities Feed: Stronger USD prompts oil sell-off \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26895-the-commodities-feed-stronger-usd-prompts-oil-sell-off-articles-ing-think.md) | -4.8% | +21.0% |
| NATGAS | 2023-01-17 | [Uncertainty in input prices likely to continue in 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38111-uncertainty-in-input-prices-likely-to-continue-in-2023.md) | +0.4% | -29.6% |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-27 | [The Commodities Feed: The power crunch spreads to the rest of the complex \| snaps \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11976-the-commodities-feed-the-power-crunch-spreads-to-the-rest-of-the-complex-snaps.md) | +9.7% | +1.4% |
| NATGAS | 2021-01-14 | [What the Rally in Gas Prices Tells us about Gas Markets and Energy Security](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49334-what-the-rally-in-gas-prices-tells-us-about-gas-markets-and-energy-security.md) | -10.2% | +55.7% |
| BRENT | 2025-08-25 | [The Commodities Feed: Jerome Powell Provides a Boost to Most Markets \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23251-the-commodities-feed-jerome-powell-provides-a-boost-to-most-markets-investing.md) | -0.1% | -1.7% |
| BRENT | 2024-03-04 | [Commodity markets saw slight upward trend last week](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7865-commodity-markets-saw-slight-upward-trend-last-week.md) | -1.2% | +3.1% |
| BRENT | 2025-09-01 | [The Commodities Feed: Jerome Powell provides a boost to most markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23246-the-commodities-feed-jerome-powell-provides-a-boost-to-most-markets.md) | -4.1% | +3.9% |

## Sources

- f.aa.com.tr: https://f.aa.com.tr/en/economy/selling-pressure-continues-in-commodity-market/2578179
- aa.com.tr: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/selling-pressure-continues-in-commodity-market/2578179

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