CloseGain/LossGold $1223.80-$1.10Silver$14.63-$0.03XAU69.86-0.35%HUI155.23-0.06%GDM554.76-0.52%JSE Gold1190.39-23.73USD95.58+0.52Euro115.05-0.76Yen89.35-0.03Oil$69.75-$2.1710-Year3.191%+0.034T-Bond137.90625-0.59375Dow25706.68-0.36%Nasdaq7642.70-0.04%S&P2809.21-0.03% The Metals: Gold dipped $4.20 to $1220.70 in Asia before it climbed up to $1229.50 by late morning in New York, but it then f...Read More
- "Large challenges loom for the global economy to prevent a second Great Depression" warn IMF- Massive government debts and eroded fiscal buffers since 2008 suggest global dominos await a single market crash- 2008 crisis measures cast long, dark "terrifying" shadowby William Pesek via Asia TimesIs another "Great Depression" on the horizon?It would be easier to dismiss these words from Nourie...Read More
Both gold and silver stalled onTuesday. Was it because the equities rallied big or was it because they wereboth at resistance? From a technical perspective, they were both at resistance.It's that simple.The metals have had a nice runfrom the recent lows and it should be no surprise that a slight pause or someselling pressure would come in at these resistance levels. All markets do thesame thing on...Read More
Global copper premiums were broadly steady in the week ended Tuesday October 16, with market participants primarily focused on long-term contract negotiations that took place during LME Week in London. In China, Shanghai copper premiums retreated on rising inflows of the metal into the country and a closed arbitrage window. In news, Sterlite Copper's Tuticorin brands of cathode are likely to remai...Read More
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 gold producer, confirmed Wednesday local media reports saying that one of its staff members and a former employee were detained by the country's anticorruption authority.The company, majority owned by Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), updated the market later in the day, announcing that its three local subsidiaries, an employee and a former staffer had been...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Peter HobsonLONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Copper prices held steady onWednesday as better than forecast Chinese lending datasignalling solid economic growth in the world's biggest metalsconsumer was offset by signs that a supply squeeze in China wasreceding.Aluminium meanwhile fell after a second day of large inflowsof metal into London Metal Exchange warehouses."...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will ask every cabinet secretary for proposals to cut their budgets 5 percent.As a candidate in the 2016 presidential election, Trump pledged to slash government spending and regulation, and many fellow Republicans going into November congressional elections have picked up the theme in their own campaign promises.Reporting by Steve...Read More
An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
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
Visible gold (VG) in diamond drill core. Source: Triumph Gold Corp.Triumph Gold Corp. [TIG-TSXV; TIGCF-OTC] reported on October 16 that the 2018 exploration season on its 100%-owned, road accessible, Freegold Mountain property 70 km northwest of Carmacks, Yukon, which began in late March, is now complete. In addition to making numerous long, high-grade and gold-rich drill intersections during the...Read More
Sable Resources Ltd. Spences Bridge Gold Belt projects in southern British Columbia. Shading shows the gold belt. Source: Mineral Titles OnlineFollowing a massive claim staking program in southern British Columbia by Sable Resources Ltd. [SAE-TSXV], the company has formed a strategic alliance with Westhaven Ventures Inc. [WHN-TSXV] Sable staked 189,197 hectares covering over 70% of workable groun...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, a day after Wall Street’s strongest rally in seven months, as investors were disappointed with IBM’s results and remained cautious ahead of the minutes of Federal Reserve’s latest meeting.Shares of IBM dropped 6.3 percent after the company’s quarterly revenue fell more than expected, pointing to a bumpy recovery for the member of t...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial technology startups and other new entrants are making inroads in the U.S. banking market, but have yet to capture a threatening share of bank revenues, according to research published by Accenture Plc (ACN.N) on Wednesday.Around 19 percent of financial institutions in the U.S. are new entrants, such as challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech com...Read More
The Turkish deep-sea scrap market remained silent again on Tuesday October 17, but a rise in the value of the Turkish lira and market rumors about changes to US import tariffs helped prices, according to market participants.The Turkish lira has continued to pick up this week, and was trading at TRY100 to $17.38 on October 17, up from TRY100 to $17.01 on October 15, according to Oanda.com.No deep-s...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Trade Representative’s office told Congress on Tuesday it intends to open trade talks with the European Union, the United Kingdom and Japan.Under fast-track rules, the United States cannot start talks with the EU, Japan and the United Kingdom until 90 days after notifying Congress.“We will continue to expand U.S. trade and investment by negotiating trade...Read More
Key data from the Wednesday October 17 pricing session in Europe. Key drivers The European ferro-titanium price range dropped again, extending price losses from the previous week on persistently low demand, which is encouraging cheaper offer prices. Some dealers are away due to holidays in Europe, which has cooled trading activity. Reported trades...Read More
* U.S. Fed minutes in focus * European shares hit by weakness in auto sector * Nervous investors using dips to cover short postions-analyst(Recasts, updates prices and quotes)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Gold rose on Wednesday as arally in global equities ran out of steam, denting the appeal ofriskier assets, while bullion investors used recent price dipsto cover short positions.Sp...Read More
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC has urged its members not to mention oil prices when discussing policy in a break from the past, as the oil producing group seeks to avoid the risk of U.S. legal action for manipulating the market, sources close to OPEC said.Proposed U.S. legislation known as “NOPEC”, which could open the group up to anti-trust lawsuits, has long lain dormant, with previou...Read More
Domestic prices for ferrous scrap in Italy have been largely unchanged over the past month due to a good balance of supply and demand, sources told Fastmarkets this week.Fastmarkets' monthly price assessment for domestic grade E3 scrap in Italy remained at ?,?275-285 ($318-330) per tonne delivered on Thursday October 17, compared with ?,?270-290 per tonne delivered in September."The Italian scrap....Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - A recovery by global stocks proved short-lived as warnings over a slowing European auto sector soured an upbeat mood, while Wall Street was set for a slightly lower open after enjoying its best session in eight months the previous day.European stocks, having hit a one-week high in early trade, were back in the red by 1200 GMT, pulled lower by a 1.6 percent fall in an index of au...Read More