TORONTO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened flat on Friday, as resources stocks and marijuana producers weighed, lumber companies bounced higher and an oil and gas explorer jumped after announcing a reduced capital spending plan. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 17.49 points, or 0.11 percent, to 16,304.43 shortly after the open. It is heading for a 0...Read More
US-based Planetary Resources is now a step closer to begin mining asteroids as it successfully launched Thursday night its Arkyd-6 spacecraft, the company's second technology for celestial bodies-observing tests.The Redmond, Washington-based firm had been working on its Arkyd-6 imaging satellite for years with the goal of developing a tool able to deliver affordable, on-demand intelligence of n...Read More
Mr. Joseph Campbell reportsTERRAX ACQUIRES PTARMIGAN MINE PROPERTY ON EASTBELT, YELLOWKNIFE CITY GOLDTerrax Minerals Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Ptarmigan mine property, located within its Eastbelt property at the Yellowknife City gold project.The Ptarmigan mine was a gold producer in the Yellowknife gold district from 1941 to 1942, in 1983, and from 1985 to 1997.The main Pta...Read More
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are trading well above fair value, after the blue-chip index closed at a fresh record high on Thursday. Traders are cheering signs of political stabilization in Germany -- where Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party and Martin Schulz's Social Democratic party have reportedly agreed to an outline to begin formal coalition negotiations -- as well as d...Read More
The equity markets have been ascrazy as I have seen since the Internet bubble of the 1990s with one majordifference -- they never go down. The dot.com craze was wild in bothdirections; stocks always ended up higher but had major swings of 3% to 5%.Today's market has not seen a down move of 3% in two years, which is thelongest such period in history.For the last month, the gold market has been acti...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold pricesare moderately higher in early U.S. trading Friday, but off theovernight gains that notched a four-month high. U.S. consumer price inflationthat was a bit higher than expected helped to pull the gold market off itsovernight highs. However, gold and silver prices are being supported by aslumping U.S. dollar index and a surging Euro currency. February Comex gold waslast up...Read More
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that he believes the Republican tax cuts will ultimately become revenue neutral over 10 years due to higher growth, but the Treasury will likely ask Congress for more money to implement the plan."We think there will be over $1 trillion in growth, so I do think this will pay for itself," Mnuchin told an e...Read More
Editor's Note: Updating earlier story with more details from report, current prices.(Kitco News) - Goldfutures pared overnight gains slightly after a Commerce Department report Fridayshowing that U.S. retail sales rose by 0.4% to $495.4 billion in December. Sales excluding autos were also up 0.4%.The headline number was slightly below consensusexpectations compiled by news organizations that had b...Read More
(Kitco News)- Gold prices have fallen from their four-month highsfollowing stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data.Friday,the U.S. Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in December, after increasing 0.4% in November,the U.S. Labor Department said. According to consensus forecasts, economistswere expecting to see an increase of 0.1%.However,monthly core inflation, which strips out volatile food and ene...Read More
(Kitco News) - First Majestic Silver Corp. (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) has agreed to acquire Primero MiningCorp. (TSX: P) in an all-stockdeal, the companies announced Friday.With the addition ofPrimero’s San Dimas silver-gold mine in Mexico, First Majestic said it anticipatescompany annualized silver-equivalent production of 27 million to 30 millionounces. First Majestic already operates six mi...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold broke above the $1,322 level as the dollar came underfurther pressure overnight. With growth in Europe accelerating, the markets are expecting the ECB to begin amore aggressive tightening cycle. Physical demand in Asia has also picked upahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The recent move in gold has been almostentirely correlated to dollar weakness, which continues to remain t...Read More
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Indonesian authorities inked Friday a deal with state-owned holding Asahan Aluminum, or Inalum, which sets a framework for Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) to transfer control of its massive Grasberg copper and gold mine as agreed last year.The country and the Phoenix, Arizona-based miner had arranged in principle in August that up to a 51% stake in Freeport's local unit, PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI),...Read More
Canada's First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) (TSX:FR) has agreed to buy fellow miner Primero Mining (TSX:P) in a cash and stock deal valued at $320 million, including debt.With the acquisition, the Mexico-focused company gains access to Primero's flagship asset, the San Dimas silver-gold mine, located in what First Majestic defines as it "backyard", in the state of Durango.As a result of the trans...Read More
Higher oil prices both boon and curse for gold. Oil rally could boost inflation (good for gold), but Could also force central banks to quicken policy tightening (negative for gold). Brent oil hit $70 a barrel for the first time since December 2014. Will it have a positive impact on gold? As per textbook rules, oil price rally boosts inflation expectations, thus leading to higher demand for gold...Read More
Gold is up 6% since the Fed raised rates last month, despite net outflows in SPDR Gold Shares, (GLD), the world's largest exchange-traded fund, said Vince Lanci, founder of Echobay Partners. ETF investors were net sellers of 4.35 tonnes in December after leaving their holdings broadly unchanged in November (+0.75 tonnes) and October (-0.79 tonnes), Lanci explained. "GLD has reduced holdings, abou...Read More
U.S. filings for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose to a three-month high last week during a holiday period when claims tend to be volatile, Labor Department figures showed Thursday.Highlights of Jobless Claims (Week Ended Jan. 6)Jobless claims increased by 11k to 261k (est. 245k), highest since week ended Sept. 23, when filings were elevated due to hurricanesContinuing claims fell by 35k to...Read More
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all scored new record closes on Thursday, Jan. 11, as Wall Street got a boost from some of its biggest industrial and energy names. The Dow jumped 205 points, or 0.81%. The blue-chip index was led by Chevron Corp. (CVX) , up 3%, General Electric Co. (GE) , which rose 0.5%, Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) , which gained 2%, and Boeing Co. (BA)...Read More
West Texas crude erases advance, natural gas ralliesTraders still shaken by concerns that sparked Wednesday drop"The notion that equities and yields can't rise together isn't accurate," says BlackRock's Russ Koesterich.U.S. stocks rebounded from the first retreat of the year to set fresh records, as resource producers and industrial shares rallied on optimism in the global economy. The dollar fell...Read More
Analysts see gold at $1,400 and copper hitting $8,000Weak dollar, stretched stocks, falling bonds spell gainsWhere to Make Big Money in Commodities, EnergyThe stage may be set for commodities to extend their stellar gains, according to Bank of China International analysts.By the fourth quarter copper will average $7,500 a ton and gold $1,400 per ounce, they wrote in a note this week, as financial...Read More