Seaborne coking coal prices softened further on Tuesday November 27, with participants staying on the sidelines amid a weakening steel market in China."The billet price in China [tumbled] during the day. It has fallen by 800-900 yuan ($115-130) per tonne since the first [working day] of November. The situation doesn't bode well for coking coal prices," a Chinese trading source said. Fastmarkets' d...Read More
Gold prices gave up earlier gains to settle slightly lower on Monday, with strength in global stock markets dulling investment demand for the precious metal. European stocks got a boost Monday on hopes that the Italian government may be able to find some common ground with the European Union over its budget. U.S. stocks also climbed following the worst Thanksgiving-week performance in seven years...Read More
Eurasian Resources Group has concluded power supply arrangements for its Frontier mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The contract was signed by the Soci?(C)t?(C) Nationale d'??lectricit?(C), the national electricity company of the Republic of Zambia; and Rawbank, a top commercial bank in the DRC.Frontier mine is a cornerstone of ERG's copper business and is situated on the DRC-Zambia border....Read More
Anglo American (LON:AAL) has increased its copper production guidance from its Chilean operations this year to 660,000 tonnes, up from a range of 630,000 to 660,000 tonnes previously anticipated, based on planned expansions at its Los Bronces and Collahuasi mines.The world's number four diversified miner has also set new targets for the next three years. It now expects to generate between 630,000...Read More
BHP, (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP) the world's number one miner, today made an exceptionally rare public disclosure of drilling results from a very early-stage exploration program in South Australia, which is already being called by some experts "the thickest high-grade copper intersection seen in years."The mining giant identified an iron oxide, copper, gold (IOCG) mineralized system located 65 km south...Read More
* Saudi Arabia expected to push for OPEC supply cut* Sino-U.S. trade war to dominate G20 gathering* U.S. crude oil stocks rose 3.5 mln bbls last week -API (Adds API data)By Stephanie KellyNEW YORK, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Tuesday, weighed down by uncertainty over the U.S.-China trade war and signs of increased global crude production, but losses were limited by expectations that cr...Read More
* NSE index up 0.54 pct, BSE 0.45 pct higher* F&O expiry on ThursdayNov 27 (Reuters) - Indian shares ended higher for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, mirroring the previous session's move of a surge in the last two hours, ahead of the expiry of futures and options contracts later this week.The benchmark BSE index .BSESN closed up 0.45 percent at 35,513.14.The broader NSE index .NSEI e...Read More
(New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments)* Dollar rises to nearly two-week high* Silver, platinum fall to lowest in nearly two weeks* GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: http://tmsnrt.rs/2jvdmXlBy Swati VermaNov 27 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Tuesday to its lowest in more than a week, as the dollar rallied after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida bolstered expe...Read More
* Dow, S&P end up with Nasdaq flat* United Tech decline weighs on Dow* Materials weak; defensives outperformNov 27 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of U.S. equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Chuck Mikolajczak. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: charles.mikolajczak.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.netDOW, S&P CLO...Read More
* Dow, S&P up with Nasdaq flat as Apple pares losses* United Tech decline weighs on Dow* Materials weak; defensives outperformNov 27 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of U.S. equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Chuck Mikolajczak. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: charles.mikolajczak.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.n...Read More
* Indexes marginally higher; Apple pares losses* United Tech decline weighs on Dow* Materials, industrials weak; defensives outperformNov 27 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of U.S. equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Chuck Mikolajczak. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: charles.mikolajczak.thomsonreuters.com@reute...Read More
* Car makers lead losers* STOXX retreats from one-week high, down 0.2 pct* Thomas Cook (NS:THOM) tanks after another profit warning (Adds quotes, context)By Danilo Masoni and Julien PonthusMILAN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Tuesday after a new threat by Washington to impose more tariffs on Chinese products and fears the trade war could spread to Europe after a report in Germany of p...Read More
MILAN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European shares fell in morning deals on Tuesday as the focus turned to possible developments in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute after a fresh threat from Washington to impose tariffs on more Chinese imports, while Thomas Cook (NS:THOM) tanked on a profit warning.The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX benchmark was down 0.3 percent by 0822 GMT, pulling back from the one-week high...Read More
(Updates with company news and futures)Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points lower at 7,027 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with FTSE 100 futures FFIc1 roughly flat ahead of the market open.* OIL: Oil slipped on Tuesday, pulled down by record Saudi Arabian production even as OPEC's top producer pushes for supply cuts ahead of the group's m...Read More
RAPAPORT... Christie's brought in $60.4 million at its MagnificentJewels auction in Hong Kong Tuesday as a sapphire necklace went for $15million. The Peacock Necklace, which had a presale estimate of $12million to $15 million, became the most expensive Kashmir sapphire necklace percarat in auction history, Christie's said. The piece contains 21 cushion-cutKashmir sapphires weighing a total of...Read More
Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points lower at 7,027 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.* OIL: Oil markets were trading cautiously on Tuesday, with mixed signals from top exporter Saudi Arabia ahead of an OPEC meeting in Austria next week. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were down 0.3 percent at $60.30 per barrel as at 0530 GMT. GO...Read More
RAPAPORT... India's Renaissance Jewellery (RJL) has acquired Jay Gems, aUS-based supplier of Disney-themed jewelry, for $26 million. The move expands the Mumbai-based company'spresence in the US, Jay Gems said Monday. RJL will gain access to Jay's three subsidiaries:Jewelmark, a manufacturer that focuses on bridal and fine jewelry for specialtystores; Simply Diamonds, which caters to independ...Read More
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX, NASDAQ: MPVD) issued a statement today saying it expects the Gahcho Ku?(C) mine, its joint venture with De Beers, to produce between 6.6 and 6.9 million carats in 2019, recovered after processing 3.1 to 3.2 million tonnes of ore.This guidance for the new fiscal year estimates that production costs would be up to CAD$120 per tonne of ore processed and of CAD$50 to...Read More
RAPAPORT... Kering, the owner of Gucci, Boucheron and Pomellato, plans to end its seven-year partnership with luxuryplatform Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP), and bring its e-commerce activitiesin-house. The Paris-based retailer, which has worked with YNAP since2013, will move all its sales to a new website in the first half of 2020, itsaid Monday. It's in the process of building that platform, it ad...Read More
RAPAPORT... E-commerce sales jumped 20% year on year to$7.9 billion on Cyber Monday, making it the largest US online shopping day of all time, accordingto projections from Adobe Analytics. The prior Saturday and Sunday also set a record for thebiggest online shopping weekend in the US, raking in a combined $6.4 billion,the research group said Monday. Thanksgiving Day online sales grew 28% to...Read More