Wholesale gasoline for November delivery rose 19 cents to $2.92 a gallon. November heating oil rose 5 cents to $3.97 a gallon. November natural gas rose 41 cents to $5.61 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Gold for December delivery rose $3.90 to $1,658 an ounce. Silver for December delivery rose 16 cents to $19.35 an ounce and December copper fell 3 cents to $3.40 a pound.

The dollar fell to 147.97 Japanese yen from 148.84 yen. The euro rose to 99.59 cents from 98.75 cents.