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Gold backed away from a 6-1\/2\nmonth high in Asian trade before ending little changed in New\nYork.\n Soybean and corn futures slipped as well as the brisk pace\nof the domestic harvest and global economic worries dampened\ninvestor sentiment.\n Coffee also lost ground, for a second straight day,\nsettling down 3 percent to lead losses on the bellwether Thomson\nReuters-Jefferies CRB commodities index.\n The CRB itself fell half a percent, finishing down for a\nfourth day. Eight of its 19 components ended in positive\nterritory, with gasoline leading gains, with a 3 percent rise.\n Fresh bearish sentiment came upon metals and crop markets\nafter data showing the downturn in the euro zone's service\nsector steepened this month at the fastest pace since July 2009.\nU.S. manufacturing also closed out its weakest quarterly growth\nrate in 3 years in September. \n \"That (data) is certainly going to limit how bullish the\nmarket can get, irrespective of the supportive policy action\nfrom the ECB and Fed,\" Barclays analyst Nicholas Snowdon said,\nreferring to stimulus measures of the European Central Bank and\nthe U.S. Federal Reserve.\n In base metals, three-month copper futures on the London\nMetal Exchange dropped $85 to end at $8,265 a tonne,\nafter hitting a 4-1\/2-month peak at $8,422 on Wednesday.\n A rapid start to the U.S. soybean harvest and reports of\nbetter-than-expected yields weighed on grains markets, even\nthough analysts believe U.S. and global supply will remain\nextremely tight after the worst drought in the United States in\nhalf a century slashed yield potential. \n U.S. soybean futures for November delivery lost 3\npercent, or 50-3\/4 cents, in Chicago trade, settling at\n$16.18-3\/4 a bushel.\n On the energy front, Brent crude closed up $1.84 at\n$110.03 per barrel, supported partly by a rally in gasoline.\n U.S. gasoline futures jumped 2.6 percent, after a\nfire at Venezuela's 146,000 barrel per day El Palito refinery\nand a decline in the U.S. gasoline inventory reported by the\ngovernment on Wednesday. \n The Venezuelan fire followed last month's blaze at the OPEC\nmember's Amuay 645,00 bpd refinery. The U.S. Energy Information\nAdministration (EIA) said domestic gasoline stocks fell 1.41\nmillion barrels last week.\n \n Prices at 5:21 p.m. EDT (2121 GMT) \n LAST\/ NET PCT YTD\n CLOSE CHG CHG CHG\n US crude 92.14 -0.11 -0.1% -6.8%\n Brent crude 110.33 2.14 2.0% 2.7%\n Natural gas 2.797 0.035 1.3% -6.4%\n \n US gold 1770.20 -1.50 -0.1% 13.0%\n Gold 1766.20 -2.99 -0.2% 12.9%\n US Copper 377.25 -5.65 -1.5% 9.8%\n LME Copper 8270.00 -80.00 -1.0% 8.8%\n Dollar 79.421 0.368 0.5% -0.9%\n CRB 306.930 -1.480 -0.5% 0.5%\n \n US corn 749.50 -9.25 -1.2% 15.9%\n US soybeans 1617.75 -51.50 -3.1% 35.0%\n US wheat 891.50 -2.25 -0.3% 36.6%\n \n US Coffee 168.60 -5.80 -3.3% -26.1%\n US Cocoa 2519.00 -19.00 -0.7% 19.4%\n US Sugar 19.21 0.25 1.3% -17.3%\n \n US silver 34.618 0.099 0.3% 24.0%\n US platinum 1623.40 -16.50 -1.0% 15.6%\n US palladium 659.60 -11.40 -1.7% 0.5%<\/pre>\n