Commodities mostly rise on weak dollar, US economy

Commodities mostly rose this week in holiday-shortened trade, with oil and base metal prices rebounding as the dollar sank on weak US economic growth and the uncertain interest rate outlook. "On the macroeconomic front, we received poor US economic data which added further pressure to the US dollar," noted Sucden analyst Myrto Sokou. The euro soared to a two-month high of $1.1285 on Friday in the wake of the poor data, and after the US Federal Reserve also left open the timing of an in