Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More
Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin back towards $20,000 per tonne.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 amid continued pressure from global trade tensions, while persistent supply disruptions from Indone...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial Average shedding about 2 percent and the Nasdaq down more than 3 percent.A slide in Apple’s shares to their lowest since July 6 battered the technology sector on concerns about iPhone demand, with mixed signals over the state of play between the United States and China on their trade dispute add...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles is to become the new head of the Financial Stability Board, the international body that helps monitor and safeguard financial stability globally, two people familiar with the process said.He will replace Mark Carney, the Bank of England governor whose term ends this year. Klaas Knot, president of the Dutch Central Bank, is expected to...Read More
Comex copper prices eased lower in morning trading on Monday November 19 in the United States amid early warning signs of a continuing impasse between that country and China ahead of the meeting of the G20 developed nations later this month.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange dipped by 0.35 cents per lb to $2.7950 per lb.Despite the po...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is pushing ahead with gradual rate-hike plans next month as it marches toward a more normal policy stance that would keep the economy expanding, one of its most influential members said on Monday in the face of growing doubts in financial markets.New York Fed President John Williams, a close ally of Fed Chair Jerome Powell and a permanent voter on monetary...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are slightly lower in quieter early U.S. trading Monday. Some backingand filling on the daily chart is seen following recent good gains. Decembergold futures were last down $0.90 an ounce at $1,222.10. December Comex silverwas last up $0.003 at $14.385 an ounce. Globalstock markets were mixed in subdued, pre-holiday trading overnight. U.S. stockindexes are slightly lo...Read More
GENEVA (Reuters) - China plans to propose reforms of the World Trade Organization, China’s ambassador to the WTO Zhang Xiangchen said, while warning fellow WTO members against seeing reform as a chance to put China in a straitjacket.Zhang was speaking at a lunch during a WTO conference in Paris on Friday, where diplomats and officials discussed ideas about reforming the WTO, largely driven b...Read More
(Kitco News) - With gold once again seeing some traction on the upside, the yellow metal could be setting up for a late-December rally, said Sprott.“[During] the last four years, once we got to mid-December and the tax loss selling, the December FOMC meeting was behind us, we had rallies in late December and into January. Looks like we are setting up for that again,” TF Metals Report's...Read More
Antofagasta will target record copper output in 2019 while expecting the market to head into a small deficit next year, boosting copper prices, its chief executive officer Ivan Arriagada said in an interview with Fastmarkets.The London-listed Chilean copper miner has issued guidance to produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, up 8% from this year's expected 705,000-720,000 tonnes."It will...Read More
(Kitco News) - Iran is planning to revitalize its artisanal mining by developing six small-scale gold and copper mines, according to Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company, which is a subsidiary of the state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).The announcement was made though the national public broadcaster and is aimed at legitimizing so...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 20.Nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange continue to trade at their lowest level since December 2017 while supply disruptions from Indonesia are helping boost tin prices back toward $20,000 per tonne. Read more here in our live futures report.Here is how prices looked at the close of trading:Unwavering demand for...Read More
Jack ChanPosted Nov 19, 2018GLD – on sell signal.***SLV – on sell signal.***GDX – on sell signal.***XGD.TO – on sell signal.***CEF – on sell signal.***GDXJ – on sell signal.***Speculation remains at multi decade low, allowing for a potentially substantial short covering rally in the near future.Speculation remains at multi decade low.Tradable bottom remains in p...Read More
The Chinese ferro-silicon market was stable in the week ended Friday November 16, extending a steady trend in line with supply and demand, while the European price moved downward because the quiet market encouraged lower offer prices. China prices supported on stable fundamentals European prices fall amid quiet market US spot market inactive, focus remains on long-term contract negotiations.China...Read More
(Reuters) - Wall Street was lower on Monday as a slide in Apple shares due to demand worries hit the technology sector, while conflicting signals of a potential truce in the China-U.S. trade dispute added to market jitters.Shares of Apple Inc fell 2.5 percent after the Wall Street Journal reported the company has cut production orders in recent weeks for all three iPhone models launched in Septemb...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. home builder sentiment recorded its steepest one-month drop in over 4-1/2 years in November as rising mortgage rates and tight home inventory squeezed the real estate sector, the National Association of Home Builders said on Monday.The NAHB and Wells Fargo housing market index fell to 60 points in November, which was the lowest level since the 59 recorded in August 2016. That comp...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar drifted lower on Monday after posting its biggest weekly drop in two months as investors pared some long positions after dovish comments by U.S. policymakers last week.Against a basket of its rivals .DXY, the greenback slipped 0.1 percent at 96.38 after falling nearly half a percent last week, its biggest weekly drop since late September.“We are seeing some sign...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell on Monday, surrendering earlier gains as investors weighed up the effectiveness of a potential cut in supply from OPEC and possibly other exporters in the face of rapidly rising global output.Brent crude futures were down $1.04 at $65.72 a barrel at 1447 GMT, having retreated from a session high of $67.64. WTI crude futures fell $1.03 to $55.43 a barrel.The Organization...Read More
Antofagasta will target record copper output in 2019 while expecting the market to head into a small deficit next year, boosting copper prices, its chief executive officer Ivan Arriagada said in an interview with Fastmarkets.The London-listed Chilean copper miner has issued guidance to produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, up 8% from this year's expected 705,000-720,000 tonnes."It will...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed on Monday to stick to her draft European Union divorce deal as dissenting lawmakers in her own party tried to trigger a leadership challenge.Since striking a deal with the EU on Tuesday, May has faced the most perilous crisis of her premiership with several cabinet ministers resigning, including her Brexit minister.May has pledged to figh...Read More