Global ferro-vanadium prices weakened last week due to trader profit-taking amid sluggish spot market demand. Chinese export prices sink on weak buying interestEuropean ferro-vanadium prices weaken on profit-takingEurope vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) market softens slightly amid inactivityUS ferro-vanadium market experiences more thin trading Export prices for Chinese ferro-vanadium continued to trend...Read More
Oil prices are set for another positive session as expectations rise for a production cutDow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are signaling a lower start, as Wall Street reacts to a lack of details surrounding a U.S.-China trade truce. Optimism surrounding the deal sent stock markets surging to start the month, but Bloomberg reports no paper trail exists and Beijing has yet to confirm any c...Read More
The Turkish steel scrap imports market remained quiet on Tuesday December 4, with the mills staying away from the deep-sea trade due to the uncertainty in the Asian markets.There have been a number of offers available in the market, but the mills have shown no interest so far this week.A UK supplier was said to be offering HMS 1&2 (80:20) at $313 per tonne cfr but found no takers, Fastmarkets was...Read More
The brokerage firm maintained its rating and lofty price target, thoughThe shares of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI) are down 0.2% in electronic trading, after Wedbush removed the video game maker from its "Best Idea" list. The brokerage firm did however maintain its outperform rating and $81 price target on ATVI. This reevaluation follows ATVI's struggles in recent months. Since its...Read More
A new 52-week low in USO's share price coincided with a fresh high in call open interestThe fourth-quarter sell-off in oil prices has been fairly massive in magnitude, with the West Texas crude-tracking United States Oil Fund (USO) down about 34% from its Oct. 3 intraday peak of $16.24. The commodity fund's collapse occurred with such blinding speed that its 50-day and 200-day moving averages are...Read More
In our house discussions about BREXIT are banned these days. Mrs Norman thinks that the topic is like a faulty lightbulb … too much heat and not enough illumination … and she is right. Besides, for most Brits it has also become deeply boring as we have quite frankly moved from 100% saturation on the topic … to beyond. Yet it remains a deeply important story. Perhaps the...Read More
Comex copper prices were little changed during morning trading in the US, with market participants still digesting news of a detente between the US and China.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched down 1.85 cents to $2.7910 per lb.Over the weekend at the Group of 20 Nations (G20) meeting in Argentina, US president...Read More
(Kitco News) - Changes in monetary policy could really affect stock markets and increase volatility in equities in 2019, this according to Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares. "I think we can have quite a significant change if there's a rate rise in December. I think that really increase the likelihood of a stock market sell-off coming into next year. So, we've already got a strong dollar as you kn...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday December 5.Positive developments in the United States-China trade dispute kept London Metal Exchange base metal prices mostly elevated at the close on Tuesday December 4, although broad strength in the dollar is capping price rallies. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:Flat stee...Read More
The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Tuesday December 4. Base metals prices, bar those for tin, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down during Asian morning trading on Tuesday December 4, with investors taking profits following the complex's strong performance on Monday.Here is how the LME base metals complex looked at 11.58am London time: For...Read More
Good morning from Fastmarkets MB's offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Tuesday December 4.Base metals prices, bar those for tin, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all down during Asia morning trading on Tuesday, with investors taking profits following the strong performance by the complex on Monday. Check Fastmarkets MB's live futures report here.United Kingd...Read More
Klondike Gold (TSX-V: KG; FRA: LBDP) reported that, in 2018, it drilled 87 holes totaling 9,511.93 metres at the Lone Star Zone of its Klondike District Property. To date, the company has received final assay results from 51 of the diamond drill holes. Such results have prompted a plan to continue exploration to affirm multiple local sources of bedrock gold mineralization. "Hole LS18-201 on 12300E...Read More
President Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed to halt escalation in their trade conflict. At the same time, the Fed officials became more cautious about the pace of future interest rate hikes. How will the softening of the US trade and monetary policies affect the gold market? Trade Truce and Gold Have you heard about the Christmas truce? It was a series of unofficial ceasefires across the Weste...Read More
Published 22 Hours AgoUpdated6 Hours AgoReuters Getty ImagesGold bullion bars and coins.Palladium soared to a record high on Tuesday, fueled by speculative interest and tight supplies of the autocatalyst metal, briefly surpassing bullion, which scaled to more than a five-week peak as the dollar slid.Spot gold was up 0.6 percent to $1,237.81 per ounce after earlier hitting $1,241.86, the highest...Read More
Gold is currently trading at $1,237; the highest level since Nov.1 and looks set to extend the rally further, tracking the slide in the US 10-year treasury yield. Technically speaking, the safe haven yellow metal is looking north, having cleared the resistance of the trendline connecting the Oct. 26 low and Nov. 7 low. That breakout gained credence as prices moved above the horizontal resistance...Read More
Aristotelis Mistakidis, Glencore's head of copper marketing, will retire at the end of this year, the commodity trading house said on Monday December 3. Nico Paraskevas was appointed as the new head of copper marketing. Several other management changes were announced on Monday. Peter Freyberg was appointed head of industrial mining...Read More
Peter KrauthAfter a week that saw the price of silver struggle to notch any gains, its most recent trading day made up for its latest challenge.The Buenos Aires G-20 meetings provided for the spark that silver prices needed to rally.Washington and Beijing announced a "90-day truce" in their trade war, whereby both sides have promised not to escalate tariffs any further as they work diligently to r...Read More
Positive developments in the US-China trade dispute kept London Metal Exchange base metals prices mostly elevated at the close on Tuesday December 4, although broad strength in the dollar is capping price rallies. Climbing more than 2%, the three-month lead price was the strongest performer over the afternoon, closing above $2,000 per tonne for the first time since November 21. Meanwhile, the thre...Read More
North Vancouver/Stockholm-based Boreal Metals (TSXV:BMX) announced today it has completed seven diamond drill holes totalling 951 metres of exploratory diamond drill program at its Burfjord copper-gold project in Norway. In a press release, the miner said that assay results are expected in the coming weeks. The Burfjord project is comprised of six exploration licenses totaling 5,500 hectares near...Read More
Comex copper prices were little changed during morning trading in the US, with market participants still digesting news of a detente between the US and China.The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched down 1.85 cents to $2.7910 per lb.Over the weekend at the Group of 20 Nations (G20) meeting in Argentina, US president...Read More