Gold has big year in 2020 and outlook for this year robust. Learn about monetary expansion and gold future prices.Read More
The gold futures price reached US$1,767/ounce this week before retreating, which was the second time it has surpassed US$1,760 in the past two months, marking some of gold's highest levels in several years.Read More
Prices for light iron scrap in the United Kingdom have held this week, but there are mounting pressures expected to drag down the market next week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday December 7. The light iron market is under pressure amid indications of a likely ?20 ($25.50) per tonne drop in domestic delivery settlements to UK consumers for December shipments. The UK light iron market may fall...Read More
We are almost at the extreme below the mean for the E-mini S&P, which is a very good indication that prices or the volatility is beginning to increase.E-mini closes above 2,650, above 2,668, and above 2,571, would confirm that all three trends (daily, weekly and monthly) have bottomed - an excellent time to go long.The stock market and silver market appear to have reach harmonically driven lev...Read More
Import prices for containerized ferrous scrap in Taiwan and bulk ferrous scrap in Vietnam dropped again this week, after suppliers reduced their offers further and demand remained weak amid soft downstream long steel markets. Lower offers from Japan also continued to depress prices in the Asian scrap markets, sources told Fastmarkets. Vietnam Fastmarkets' import price assessment for heavy melting...Read More
How do bitcoin futures affect the price of bitcoin?This is a question worth examining. When looking at recent market trends through this lens, some interesting details emerge.The current crypto bear market began shortly after CBOE and CME futures launched in December of 2017 and right around the time that Bitmex volume started ramping up. Have future markets been a catalyst for the recent crypto...Read More
Pig iron exporters in southern Brazil cut their offers in the week to Friday December 7, due to low global demand for high-phosphorous pig iron, while suppliers in the north of the country were sold out and stayed out of the market.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for pig iron exports from the south-eastern Minas Gerais region was $345-350 per tonne fob on Friday December 7, down from $35...Read More
• Dismal headline NFP print prompts some USD selling and provides a lift. • Risk-on mood/goodish pickup in the US bond yields seemed to cap gains. Gold trimmed a part of the post-NFP spike, though remains within striking distance of fresh five-month tops touched in the last hour. The US Dollar held on the defensive, rather lost some additional g...Read More
Scrap prices continued to fall across all major markets except India during the week to Friday December 7.Demand from Turkish steel mills was sluggish this week, with only one deep-sea cargo traded, while a lack of demand in the Asian region pushed prices lower.But imported scrap prices in India increased this week because of stronger demand.Turkey importsTurkish steel producers made only one deep...Read More
Let's look at the chart below. As one can see, the greenback has been in a bull market since February 2018. Yup, the chart does not lie. The US Congress widened the fiscal deficit, while President Trump engaged in trade disputes. But despite these disturbing developments for long-run economic health, the broad trade weighted US dollar index increased from 115 to almost 130 now. But why –...Read More
Fastmarkets is hosting a free web seminar to discuss the new Singapore Exchange (SGX) 65% Fe derivative contract on December 11. We will examine how changes in the iron ore market have prompted the need for this high-grade derivative, the opportunities the contract offers and the methodology behind our iron ore index. The next stage of evolution for the iron ore market is here, with the SGX announ...Read More
China's domestic rebar prices continued to fall on Friday December 7 due to weakening demand. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,860-3,900 yuan ($561-567) per tonne, down 20 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 3,520-3,550 yuan per tonne, down 40 yuan per tonneThe onset of bad weather caused weak demand for rebar, pushing down prices, traders said.Meanwhile, rebar futures were lower than Thur...Read More
Published 21 Hours AgoUpdated4 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold prices hit a five-month peak on Friday and continued to trade close to that level as the dollar slid following weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data that raised the possibility that the U.S. Federal Reserve might go slow on interest rate hikes next year.Spot gold was up 0.86 percent at $1,248.28 per ounce, having hit $1,245.60 per oun...Read More
Silver sits at just under the $14.45 level.Open interest takes a nose dive.$13.86 is just above the line in the sand on the downside.A recovery above $15 could set the stage for 2019.USLV on a dip with a stop below $13.50 on March silver.The silver market has been a real snoozer these days. Silver has a long history as a highly volatile commodity. When it starts to move higher or lower, it often...Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday December 7.China The domestic ferro-chrome spot price slid after some sellers lowered prices to book sales and generate cash before year-end, but buying interest from China's domestic stainless steel mills was thin. The imported charge chrome market was quiet. Some sellers had just compl...Read More
• The commodity has been steadily climbing alongside an ascending trend-channel formation on intraday charts and is currently placed at the middle of its daily trading range. Gold 15-mins chart • On the 1-hourly chart, the downside remains supported by a short-term ascending trend-line and the metal has managed to hold comfortably above intrad...Read More
Gold one-month 25 delta risk reversals (XAU1MRR) rose to 0.75 yesterday – the highest level since Nov. 7 – up sharply from the previous day's print of 0.25. The positive number indicates the demand or implied volatility premium for gold calls is higher than that of puts. Simply put, the demand or value of the bullish bets increased sharply, validating the yellow metal's ju...Read More
Pig iron exporters in southern Brazil cut their offers in the week to Friday December 7, due to low global demand for high-phosphorous pig iron, while suppliers in the north of the country were sold out and stayed out of the market.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for pig iron exports from the south-eastern Minas Gerais region was $345-350 per tonne fob on Friday December 7, down from $35...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly higher at the close of trading on Friday December 7, supported by an uptick in equity indices while a softer US dollar index helped most three-month prices reverse Thursday's losses.Despite low volumes in LME trading, with aluminium's 11,723 lots topping the complex, strong afternoon trading resulted in intraday highs for aluminium,...Read More
Scrap prices continued to fall across all major markets except India during the week to Friday December 7.Demand from Turkish steel mills was sluggish this week, with only one deep-sea cargo traded, while a lack of demand in the Asian region pushed prices lower.But imported scrap prices in India increased this week because of stronger demand.Turkey importsTurkish steel producers made only one deep...Read More
Imported steel prices in South America continued to slide this week following the downtrend in China, but rebounded slightly as the weekend approached.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for hot-rolled coil imported into South America was $510-515 per tonne cfr on Friday December 7, the fourth consecutive weekly decline - down from $525-535 per tonne on November 30 and $540-550 per...Read More
Silver is nearing an important price juncture and is likely to break up or down in the days / weeks ahead.And, as we discussed earlier, that move should be a big one! Though Silver (NYSEARCA: SLV) has been known to buck the trend before (see prior article link), it is in the throws of a bearish descending triangle.And the price support line for that triangle resides at the mid-line of the log c...Read More