Marathon Petroleum Corporation announced that the production units at its refinery in Galveston Bay, Texas, have now entered a stable operation phase, and flaring has ceased.

Spot platinum has just surpassed the $1,840.00/oz mark, now quoted at $1,840.03/oz, up 1.20% on the day; Nymex platinum futures main contract is now quoted at $1,848.2/oz, up 2.08% on the day.

The U.S. dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, rose by 0.06% to close at 98.894 in late trading in the forex market. By the end of trading in New York, one euro exchanged for 1.1676 U.S. dollars, up from 1.1674 in the previous session; one British pound exchanged for 1.3628 U.S. dollars, up from 1.3607 in the previous session. One U.S. dollar exchanged for 159.14 Japanese yen, up from 158.32 yen in the previous session; one U.S. dollar exchanged for 0.8007 Swiss

Spot gold has just surpassed the $4,530.00/oz level, now quoted at $4,530.01/oz, up 0.16% on the day; leading COMEX gold futures are now quoted at $4,585.90/oz, up 0.89% on the day.

According to the relevant ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the Department of Transportation's request to dissolve the joint venture between Delta Air Lines (DAL.US) and Aeromexico.