WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury said on Monday it expects to borrow $15 billion less during the fourth quarter than previously estimated. The department said in a statement it expects to issue $425 billion through credit markets during the October-December period, assuming an end-December cash balance of $410 billion. Treasury also expects to issue $356 billion in net marketable d...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks pared their gains Monday as investors remained cautious despite IBM’s $34 billion deal to purchase Red Hat Inc and Standard & Poor’s decision to keep Italy’s credit rating unchanged.The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 133.78 points, or 0.54 percent, to 24,822.09, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 19.91 points, or 0.75 percent, to 2,678....Read More
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials rebounded on Monday, helped by gains in lagging financial shares, but declines for big tech and Internet stocks kept the Nasdaq in check as investors grappled with a recent spike in market volatility.The healthcare .SPXHC and consumer staples .SPLRCS sectors also supported the S&P 500. Shares of software maker Red Hat Inc (RHT.N) gave among t...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said it has restricted U.S. exports to Chinese semiconductor maker Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co Ltd, citing a “significant risk” that its new memory chip capacity will threaten the viability of American suppliers of chips for military systems.In a press release, the Commerce Department said it has placed Fujian Jinhua...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices aremodestly down in early U.S. trading Monday, on a normal corrective pullbackthat saw prices hit a more-than-three-month high on Friday. A firmer U.S.dollar index to start the trading week is also working against the preciousmetals market bulls. December gold futures were last down $3.50 an ounce at $1,232.30.December Comex silver was last up $0.015 at $14.72 an ounce....Read More
Want to be rich? The answer is education, education, education. But probably not the kind you're thinking of. That's according to personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki, who wrote the best-selling "Rich Dad Poor Dad" 20 years ago this month. He visited MarketWatch on Tuesday to talk about what has changed since its publication in 1997, plus his new book coming out in May, "Why the Rich Are Gettin...Read More
(Adds graphic, no change to text)By Richard LeongNEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The increase in a key gauge of interbank borrowing costs for dollars slowed on Monday, while another measure of what banks borrow from each other remained elevated, raising speculation on what steps the Federal Reserve would take.The London interbank offered rate for banks to borrow three-month dollars from each other ro...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Monday October 29, with strong consumer spending figures from the United States fueling broad strength in the US dollar index and adding downward pressure on prices.In a report released by the US Commerce Department, consumer spending increased by 0.4% over October, however, this is the smallest gain in 15...Read More
(Recasts and updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Copper prices steadied on Mondaywith support from shortages created by tumbling inventories onthe London Metal Exchange countering concern over growth anddemand because of the U.S.-China trade dispute.Benchmark copper on the LME ended unchanged at$6,160 a tonne, having touched a session high of $6,240."Copper...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Monday, helped by relief over Italy maintaining its debt rating, as equities clawed back from a sharp sell off last week.Financials .SPNY led broad gains among sectors as the benchmark S&P 500 rose more than 1 percent.Shares of software maker Red Hat Inc (RHT.N) gave among the biggest boosts to the S&P 500, surging 45.3 percent after the company agreed to...Read More
The stock market opened with a resounding thud on Tuesday morning, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.99% , at one point, had shed more than 500 points. The S&P 500 index SPX, -0.66% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.63% endured even harder hits, down more than 2% each. Read: Dow plunges amid corporate outlook, China selloff So, you must positioning yourself for that tasty bounc...Read More
Comex copper prices edged higher Monday morning in the US with the market holding steady amid further Chinese stock market deterioration. The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up 1.25 cents to $2.7535 per lb.Concerns of a slowdown in the Chinese economy continue to weigh on Asian shares, with the Shanghai Composite falling 2.2% ov...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - As global stock markets head for one of their worst months in a decade and bond market volatility surges to more than four-month highs, the stampede out of risk has left the foreign exchange market largely unmoved.Riskier currencies - from emerging markets or linked to commodity prices - have not suffered the sharp selloffs that would normally be expected when panicked investors...Read More
South Korean zinc smelter Young Poong is facing a 20-day shutdown at its Sukpu refined zinc smelter after a court rejected the company's appeal against a closure order.Situated in a national park, the Sukpu smelter is alleged to have discharged waste from the smelting process into the local river, which is used for drinking water by millions of people. Environmental groups and residents have been...Read More
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States urged European Union governments on Monday to reflect on whether it was really in their interest for the EU to go ahead with a trade dispute over U.S. metals tariffs, and said it was hopeful of settling the issue with Mexico and Canada.U.S. Ambassador Dennis Shea told the WTO’s monthly dispute settlement meeting, which was considering 12 requests for adju...Read More
* Dollar index near 10-week peak, stocks up * Net short position in gold smallest since mid-July-CFTC * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Updates throughout, adds quotes, prices)By Swati VermaBENGALURU, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Gold eased on Monday, afterhitting a more than three-month peak in the previous session, asthe dollar strengthened and stocks moved into positiveterritory. Spot gold was down 0.2 perc...Read More
Prices for manganese ore imported into China on an fob basis ticked upward in the pricing session that ended on Friday October 26, while trading activity started to pick up in China before the onset of winter. High- and low-grade manganese ore prices showed modest increases Manganese ore grade prices in China ticked upward Falling bids weigh on Indian silico-manganese prices US focuses on long-ter...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher against the euro, on Monday, close to a 10-week high hit last week, on news German Chancellor Angela Merkel would not seek re-election as head of her CDU party.More broadly, the dollar added to recent gains against other major currencies, supported by robust U.S. consumer spending data on Monday.Merkel said she would not seek re-election as party chairw...Read More
Oct 29 (Reuters) - Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans on Monday did not touch on monetary policy or the U.S. economic outlook in prepared remarks to an annual summit on regional competitiveness in Chicago, in which he called for local leaders to expand work opportunities amid a tight labor market. (Writing by Ann Saphir Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Disclaimer: The views expressed...Read More
Ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices remained supported, with a new round of environmental inspections expected to take supply out of the market. Environmental inspections team to return to Jiangxi, Hunan provinces; APT price supported Ferro-tungsten prices range-bound on weak demand, oversupply Concentrates prices unchanged awaiting clear market directionFastmarkets MB assessed the European APT pr...Read More