this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. with 2010 just one day away from being one for the history books, we look back on the year s star performer: commodities. while the s&p 500 is up almost 13% on the year, the basket of commodities tracked by the c.r.b. index is up over 16%. leading the charge are commodities you ll probably find around your house. cotton is up almost 90%, coffee prices have jumped more than 70% and sugar hit generational highs, up almost 13%. gold has gotten a lot of attention it s up 28% but silver stole the show, rising 81%. oil prices have moved about 13% higher. that increase in crude oil prices is bad news for anyone buying heating oil. its price has been climbing steadily this winter, and is almost 20% higher than a year ago. as erika miller explains, even higher prices may be in the pipeline.
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. with 2010 just one day away from being one for the history books, we look back on the year s star performer: commodities. while the s&p 500 is up almost 13% on the year, the basket of commodities tracked by the c.r.b. index is up over 16%. leading the charge are commodities you ll probably find around your house. cotton is up almost 90%, coffee prices have jumped more than 70% and sugar hit generational highs, up almost 13%. gold has gotten a lot of attention it s up 28% but silver stole the show, rising 81%. oil prices have moved about 13% higher. that increase in crude oil prices is bad news for anyone buying heating oil. its price has been climbing steadily this winter, and is almost 20% higher than a year ago. as erika miller explains, even higher prices may be in the pipelin