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Aluminium The three-month LME aluminium price is attempting...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus do...Read More
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LME market still tight, but...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as it...Read More
Stainless steel price sell-off continues We opened our...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the...Read More
Tin’s resilience continues Tin...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as so...Read More
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Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were up across the board by an average of 0.6% on Tuesday November 13. Nickel and lead prices led with gains of 0.9%, while copper prices were up by 0.5% at $6,075 per tonne.Volume has been average with 5,328 lots traded as of 06:29am London time. Precious metals were up by an average of 0.4%, although spot gold prices lagged wi...Read More
U.S. equity index futures moved higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 11 points in pre-opening trade.Home Depot gained $2.47 to $181.90 after reporting higher than consensus third quarter results. The company also raised its guidance. NVIDIA added $3.07 to $192.61 after Susquehanna upgraded the stock to Positive from Neutral.Michael Kors slipped $0.03 to $47.75 after MKM Partners lowere...Read More
(Kitco News) - It takes three times as much energy to produce one dollar’s worth of bitcoin than one dollar’s worth of gold, according to a new research study.More specifically, it requires seventeen megajoules of energy to digitally mine one dollar's worth of bitcoin versus five megajoules needed to physically mine the same value in gold, said the report titled ‘Quantification O...Read More
(Kitco News) - With the U.S. midterm election and the latest Federal Reserve decision out of the way, gold analysts are now switching focus to the U.S. dollar and global macro data releases— the two biggest triggers that could impact gold in the short-term, according to TD Securities.Gold saw another setback on Monday, with the December Comex gold futures tumbling from above $1,220 to around...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar surged on Monday to its highest point in 16 months against a basket of currencies and world stocks fell broadly amid concern about political risks in Europe, while U.S. and European technology shares were hammered.Major U.S. stock indexes dropped more than 1 percent, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq slumping over 2 percent. Indexes were weighed down by a 4.3-percent...Read More
Ann SaphirIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (Reuters) - With the U.S. economy at or beyond full employment and inflation likely to rise slightly above a 2 percent goal over the next year, the Federal Reserve should continue to raise rates gradually, its newest policymaker said Monday — but not necessarily next month.“My modal forecast is for two to three (rate hikes) over the next period of time, wit...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices turned negative, reversing course as U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped there would be no oil output reductions, after Saudi Arabia said OPEC was considering cutting supply next year, citing softening demand.U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell 17 cents a barrel to trade at $60.02 a barrel by 1:24 p.m. EST (1824 GMT). If the contract...Read More
(Kitco News) - While all commodities are suffering under the boot heel of a surging U.S. dollar, one junior explorer CEO sees the potential for gold and silver to shine as the current environment is unsustainable. Thomas Smeenk, CEO of Broadway Gold Mining Monday, the U.S. dollar rose to its highest level in 16 months, while gold fell to a one-month low and is in striking distance of testing p...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are moderately down and have hit four-week and eight-week lows, respectively, in early-afternoon U.S. trading Monday. The precious metals are pressured by a very strong U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange market. The U.S. dollar index hit a 16-month high today. December gold futures were last down $5.30 an ounce at $1,203.30. December Comex silver was last do...Read More
(Kitco News) - Money managers trimmed their bearish positioning in gold during the most recent reporting week for data compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, although these accounts have likely reversed course since and are accumulating bearish positions again, analysts said.During the week-long period to Nov. 6 covered by the report, Comex December gold gained $1 to $1,226.30 an ou...Read More