Asset management firm Fasanara Capital compared stock valuations to bitcoin in that "it is totally disconnected from fundamentals," its chief executive told CNBCImpending tipping point for markets is due to a synchronicity of enterprise overvaluation, high indebtedness, low cash balances and a drawback in public flowsStill, a major selloff hasn't arrived, and many market-watchers continue to...Read More
Gold and silver are steady. There is good demand for physical gold in China and ASEAN nations. Prices of gold and silver are low in Asia due to a stronger currency against the US dollar. People are taking advantage of stronger currency to buy gold. There will be sudden one way moves in bullion anytime till Friday. Asian markets and Asian traders do not sleep on US holidays. Silver demand is supe...Read More
Swiss multinational investment bank, UBS Group, has applied for Category II membership on the London Metal Exchange, according to a note released by the exchange on Thursday November 15. The LME currently has 32 Category II members and the Swiss bank's London subsidiary, UBS Ltd, is already a member. Last month, Chinese broker Nanhua Futures similarly took steps...Read More
Special steelmaker Voestalpine attributed an 11% fall in its earnings for the first half of 2018 to continuing global trade conflicts, it said late last week.The Austrian company reported a decline of 11.2% in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) over April-September 2018, the first half of its financial year, to ?,?860 million ($969 million). This compared with...Read More
European stainless steel market participants were losing confidence that the market will recover early in the New Year, they told Fastmarkets on Friday November 9, with transaction prices falling further this week.Transaction prices for grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless sheets were assessed at ?,?2,150-2,200 ($2,454-2,511) per tonne delivered on Friday, down by ?,?30-60 per tonne from ?,?2,180-...Read More
A summary of base metals premiums from across the globe for the week to Tuesday November 20.Please click...Read More
Supply constraints continued to drive European ferro-vanadium and vanadium pentoxide prices to new heights, with both markets reaching record highs while the Chinese export market remained dormant. Chinese export prices remain flat absent export activityEU FeV prices set new record heightsEU V2O5 market edges upward to new record highUS FeV bolstered despite thin spot trading ChinaChina's ferro-va...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Tuesday November 20, with broad risk-off sentiment emerging across global commodity markets amid continued trade tensions and a fresh one-year low in oil futures.Both zinc and lead futures were the worst affected, falling by around 2% over the afternoon, to below their respective support levels at $2,600 p...Read More
The London Metal Exchange is planning to launch a lithium contract in the second quarter of 2019 to meet growing demand from the electric vehicle industry, Fastmarkets learned during Asia Copper Week in Shanghai. The contract, announced as part of the exchange's Strategic Pathway in September 2017, will be settled against an index price, with Fastmarkets MB's lithium spot price index one of those...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday November 21.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday November 20.Base metals on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly lower during morning trading, with most metals trading in narrow ranges while global trade tensions and depleting LME stocks deter investors. Here is how the LME base metals complex looked at 11.45am London time:For a snapshot of exchange...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday November 20.Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were broadly little changed to weaker during Asian morning trading on Tuesday, with the complex stymied by renewed concerns surrounding the United States-China trade spat.Check Fastmarket MB's live futures report here. Man...Read More
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian air force is increasingly running short of combat-capable fighter jets and pilots and government attempts to address the problem have only made it worse, the nation’s top watchdog said on Tuesday.The report by Auditor General Michael Ferguson is the latest blow to a decade-long and trouble-plagued attempt by successive administrations to replace Canada’s...Read More
London Metal Exchange members are considering a multitude of ways to continue to service their EU clients in the event that a financial services deal is either not forthcoming or does not go far enough when the UK finally leaves the European Union. Some companies have even told their LME sales teams they need to be prepared to move to another major European city to be able to legally service their...Read More
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has bid for Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) 22 regional sports networks, including Yes Network, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.Neither Disney nor Amazon immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.Reporting by Vibhuti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those o...Read More
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Billionaire Chinese actress Zhao Wei and her husband have been barred from taking on key positions at listed companies for five years for violating securities regulations, the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on Tuesday.The exchange’s announcement comes more than a month after another Chinese actress Fan Bingbing came under fire for failing to pay millions of dollars in tax...Read More
(Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N) reported third-quarter earnings and comparable sales below estimates on Tuesday at a time when a strong economy has boosted consumer spending at rival retailers, sending its shares down 7 percent in premarket trade.Sales at stores open at least a year rose 5.1 percent, short of analysts’ estimates of a 5.21 percent increase, according to IBES data from Refinit...Read More
If Brexit - the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union on March 29, 2019 - isn't on your radar, it should be. With the annual London Metal Exchange Week now in full swing, the exchange, its members and their customers need to have contingency plans in place if they are expecting to be affected in any way by Brexit. And as with anything political, an element of brinkmanship will na...Read More
VIENNA (Reuters) - Italy does not pose an immediate economic risk within the euro area but it has significant financing needs this year and next that could become an issue over the longer term, European Central Bank policymaker Ewald Nowotny said on Tuesday.“It is not the case that (there is) an immediate economic threat. Immediately it is rather a political problem,” Nowotny told a ne...Read More
(Reuters) - Department store operator Kohl’s Corp (KSS.N) raised its full-year profit forecast and posted better-than-expected quarterly same-store sales on Tuesday, as it moved trendier fashion to stores quicker and bolstered its online business.The company now expects full-year earnings forecast of $5.16 - $5.36 per share, compared with from its prior forecast of $4.96 - $5.36.Net income r...Read More