* Spot gold on track for biggest weekly gain in seven * Could extend gains to $1,237/oz -technicals * Palladium off eight-month highs hit on Thursday (Updates prices, adds comment.)By Sethuraman N RBENGALURU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Friday,retreating from two-month highs hit in the previous session, asglobal equity markets recovered some poise after dramaticlosses. Spot gold was down 0.4 p...Read More
Canadian junior Rusoro Mining (TSX-V: RML), which in March scored a major victory in its international arbitration complaint against Venezuela, has accepted the almost $1.3 billion offered by the country's government as settlement for the seizure of the company's gold projects.The deal gives Venezuela Rusoro's mining data and forces it to fully release the arbitral award issued in favour of the mi...Read More
BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The German government will onlyassess Italy's budget plans once Rome has submitted them toBrussels, a spokeswoman for the German Finance Ministry said onFriday.The Italian government has already issued the financialtargets that will provide the framework for its budget, drawingfire from the European Commission for plans to triple theprevious fiscal deficit goal for 2019....Read More
* G20 can only provide platform for talks on trade -chairman * Adds members must resolve trade frictions themselves * Japan wants to put global imbalance on next year's G20agenda (Adds quotes, detail)By Leika Kihara and Yawen ChenNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Trade tensionswithin the Group of 20 leading industrialised and emergingeconomies could only be solved by the countries directlyin...Read More
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble firmed to itsten day high supported by a recovery in oil prices and weakerU.S. dollar that was pressed by declining U.S. treasury yieldsand a sell-off on the global markets.At 0756 GMT, the rouble was 0.46 percent stronger againstthe dollar at 65.96 , hitting its highest levelsince Oct. 3 at 65.85, and had gained 0.41 percent to trade at76.50 versus th...Read More
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Britain will need a period ofcontinuity after the Brexit transition ends and before along-term partnership negotiated between London and Brusselscomes into force, Britain's finance minister said on Friday."We're not going to remain in anything indefinitely," PhilipHammond told Bloomberg Television on the sidelines of anInternational Monetary Fund meeting in Bal...Read More
Christopher Lewis22 hours agoSilver markets were extraordinarily bullish during the trading session on Thursday, as we reached towards the $14.50 level. That’s an area that of course will offer a lot of support and resistance, as we had sold off from that area rather drastically, but we had a little bit of a pullback only to turn around and slam back into it. If we can clear the impulsive c...Read More
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The South African randfirmed against the globally hobbled dollar early on Friday aheadof the country's credit review announcement by ratings agencyMoody's later in the day.* The rand was 0.85 percent stronger at 14.5100 perdollar at 0650 GMT, having closed in New York at 14.6350. * The rand is expected to trade between 14.3500 and 14.7000to thedollar on Friday, NKC...Read More
Gold is flashing red in Asia, possibly due to an uptick in the US equity index futures. The oversold safe haven found love this week as the sell-off in the US equities triggered a flight to safety. Technically speaking, the metal's bull breakout would gain more credence above the 100-day exponential moving average (EMA). Gold is losing altitude in Asia, having clocked a ten-week high of...Read More
Is a "Blue Wave" building?Something strange is happening in America.Millions of Americans are furious - and this time, they're taking their anger out on Republicans.All across America, 45 Republicans have lost elections during Trump's presidency in places they shouldn't have possibly been able to lose... even in districts where Trump won in a landslide and remains popular.In the last few months al...Read More
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Too many euro zonecountries are missing the opportunity to reduce debt now, wheneconomic growth is good, to prepare for the next economicdownturn, the head of the International Monetary Fund's Europeandepartment Poul Thomsen said."Fiscal policy has been insufficiently counter-cyclical,"Thomsen told a news conference at the IMF's annual meetings inB...Read More
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China's onshore yuancurrency weakened against the dollar on Friday morning asunexpectedly strong China exports data renewed anxiety over theSino-U.S. trade war.The weakness followed a jump in late trading on Thursday,spurred by news that Washington will not accuse Beijing ofcurrency manipulation - seen as a sign of easing tensions. The People's Bank of China...Read More
* China's Sept unwrought copper imports at 521,000 T-customs * Open arbitrage to send metal to China swells shipments-analyst * Copper concs imports at new record high of 1.93 mln T (Adds background, analyst quote)By Tom DalyBEIJING, Oct 12 (Reuters) - China's unwrought copper importssurged to their highest in 2-1/2 years in September, whilecopper concentrate imports climbed an all-time high as th...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 fell sharply again Thursday as volatility ripped through markets for a second day. The S&P 500 has closed lower for six straight days.The Nasdaq declined into correction teritorry on Thursday, a day after the tech-heavy index had its biggest percentage drop since June...Read More
VIDEO: Coral Gold Resources (TSX.V: CLH; OTCQX: CLHRF) has emerged from a Nevada-based gold exploration company into a royalty company. Barrick Gold is now drilling the Robertson property in search of the extension from the world class Pipeline and Cortez properties located along trend to the south. An open-pit heap leach resource of over 2 million ounces has been outlined, but the big upside...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Oct 11, 2018GLD – on buy signal.***SLV – on buy signal.***GDX – on buy signal.***XGD.TO – on buy signal.***CEF – on buy signal.***GDXJ – on buy signal.***Speculation remains at multi decade low.Speculation remains at multi decade low.A potential bottoming pattern is now in progress.SummaryLong-term – on sell signal.Short-term – on buy...Read More
The Thursday Market Minute Wall Street futures point to a heavy opening bell decline Thursday, with the Dow set for a 150 point slump following the biggest single-day decline for U.S. Stocks in at least eight months.Softer-than-expected September CPI reading helped U.S. stocks pare pre-market declines, with annual inflation now measured at a 2.3% clip.European and Asia markets sold off shar...Read More
Gold Stocks? Just let investors sell their gold shares if they want to! Wise and prudent advice? Three weeks ago I was speaking to a very successful and exceptionally wealthy investor whom I have known for many years. He has made substantial profits by investing in gold and gold mining stocks-including the small cap "juniors." As well, he was and has always been a "bottom fisher" i...Read More
Investing.com - Gold prices extended gains on Thursday on safe-haven demand after global markets tumbled. A weaker dollar was also cited as supportive.Gold futures for December delivery were up $3.30, or 0.3%, at $1,196.8 a troy ounce by 1:20AM ET (05:20 GMT). “Investors might start to look for alternative investments to equities, as factors such as high country debt levels and emerging infl...Read More
Bob Moriarty ArchivesOct 12, 2018I was looking for a gold and resource shares rally starting in the Jun/July timeframe followed by a Sept/Oct crash in the general market. I suggested investors cash up in the rally with anticipation of picking up some low hanging fruit in the crash.The price of gold hit a low on August 15th as the DSI touched a low of only 6 for gold and 7 for silver marking an ext...Read More