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Commodity prices mixed amid Syria, Fed
Muhammad Iqbal
20 Sep, 2013
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2013/09/gold5211.jpg">LONDON: Commodity prices diverged this week as markets focused on a deal to avert a US-led military attack on Syria and reacted to the US Federal Reserve's surprise decision on stimulus.</P><P>The United States and Russia had last weekend agreed a deal to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons, easing crude supply fears.</P><P>The week's other major market-moving event occurred Wednesday when the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided against scaling down its $85 billion a month bond-buying spree, known as quantitative easing (QE). </P><P>The FOMC said that although the economy appears to be holding up amid government spending cuts, it )