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raw materials · sector mood
1999
year mood
-0.19
· -0.40 to +0.15 across 12 mo
Monthly mood
bearish −1
+1 bullish
month values ▾
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.40 | -0.35 | -0.35 | -0.35 | -0.38 | -0.30 | -0.30 | -0.20 | -0.15 | +0.15 | +0.15 | +0.15 |
UK gold sales drove bullion to a 20-year low near $252 by summer, a nadir for gold miners, but September's Washington Agreement capping central-bank sales sparked bullion's biggest jump in years as base metals recovered.
How this mood is scored ▾
Each day the model reads that day's news for the sector and asks, as someone who owns assets or
makes their living in it: how am I feeling this month, and why?
The month's mood is that running answer, tied to the specific events driving it (the story shown
above). It leans on trusted, higher-impact reporting, and on the prior month when a month is
quiet, so one loud headline can't swing it. The read updates daily through
the month; once a month ends, its mood is locked.
This year is read live from the news the pipeline actually collected (hover a bar for its story count).
· last computed Jul 06, 2026
Top raw materials stories of 1999
No source-linked stories on record for this sector-year. The mood read above still stands; stories appear here as the pipeline processes coverage for this period.