Increase in the cost of gold today contributed the balance of payments euro-zone information, the data of annual growth of construction in December last year have been revised with a noticeable increase, the rate was 9.8% versus 7.8%. However, January's data showed monthly anniversaries of the construction decline of 0.8%, which is obviously aggravated the market the impression of a positive review of statistics of the European housing market.

An American Index of the expected sales volume of construction, calculated National Association of Home Builders, in March, contrary to expectations, failed to demonstrate a new medium-high, stopping at its February levels.

Also supporting the wound has information about the success of the insurance payments on Greek debt. Finance ministers of the eurozone, according to today's information and data of recent days, may decide to combine the stability of the funds before the meeting, EU leaders on March 30.

April futures price of gold on COMEX today rose to $ 1670.1 an ounce.

Oil prices rise on Monday against the backdrop of the January data on production volumes of raw Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia in January, increased oil production by 0.6% - to 9.87 million barrels perday, which was a record level of nearly 30 years. Export volume grew 2% to 7.5 millionbarrels per day. The figure more than three times higher than the second-largestprovider of OPEC - Iran, which in January exported 2.3 million barrels per day.

April futures price of U.S. light crude oil WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) rose to 108.09dollars per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April futures price for North Sea petroleum mix of mark Brent rose 0.83 dollars to 124.98 dollars per barrel on London's ICE Futures Europe Exchange.