Flat steel import prices in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have remained steady over the past seven days due to weak demand, but a recovery is likely in the next few weeks because of stronger pricing for raw materials, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday November 13.UAEPrices on Russia-origin offers of hot-rolled coil (HRC) into the UAE have been unchanged at $560-565 per tonne cf...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nigeria’s Main One Cable Co took responsibility on Tuesday for a glitch that temporarily caused some Google global traffic to be misrouted through China, saying it accidentally caused the problem during a network upgrade.The issue surfaced on Monday afternoon as internet monitoring firms ThousandEyes and BGPmon said some traffic to Alphabet Inc’s Google had be...Read More
(Reuters) - Zotye Automobile (000980.SZ), a Ford Motor Co (F.N) partner in China, said on Tuesday it planned to begin selling SUVs in the United States in 2020.Ford is not involved in those plans by the Chinese automaker, spokesmen for the companies said.Ford had tapped Zotye to provide lower-priced electric vehicles to some of its dealers in China.“There is no current plan for Zotye USA to...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is moving to replace his deputy national security adviser after she feuded with first lady Melania Trump, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.The first lady complained to the president that she was unhappy with how she was being treated by Mira Ricardel, a former Boeing executive who worked on the Trump presidential campaign an...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil exporters lowered their offer prices on Tuesday November 13 to stimulate sales despite domestic prices being largely stable.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 3,800-3,820 yuan ($546-548) per tonne, narrowing downward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 3,820-3,840 yuan per tonne, unchangedTrading activity was moderate during the day after prices slumped a day earli...Read More
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro is likely to skip the G20 diplomatic summit in Argentina at the end of the month due to his poor health, he told journalists on Tuesday.Bolsonaro, who nearly died from a stab wound received on the campaign trail, also confirmed that diplomat Luis Fernando Serra is one of the names being considered to run the Foreign Ministry. S...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1201.70+$0.20Silver$13.99-$0.02XAU61.84-1.30%HUI138.45-1.34%GDM513.82-1.10%JSE Gold1083.54-12.56USD97.19-0.40Euro112.89+0.68Yen87.86-0.11Oil$55.69-$4.2410-Year3.140%-0.044T-Bond138.625+0.15625Dow25286.49-0.40%Nasdaq7200.87UNCHS&P2722.18-0.15% The Metals: Gold saw decent gains in Asia before it dropped back to $1196.40 in London, but it then chopped bac...Read More
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Graceland Updates By Stewart Thomson 1. So far, the "traditional Thanksgiving rally" in the US stock market looks more like a rancid Thanksgiving turkey that belongs in the trash can.2. Please click here now. Many investors appear to have bought the US stock market when it was peaking mainly because of their enthusiasm for President Trump. They forgot about the business cycle an...Read More
By Michael J. KosaresLBMA consensus price prediction for 2019 -- $1532 per troy ounce At the recent London Bullion Market Association annual conference, the consensus opinion on the gold price for 2019 among 682 industry delegates was $1532 per ounce. The LBMA offers its opinion annually and it usually falls on the conservative side of the ledger. So its consensus opinion of an average price m...Read More
By Keith WeinerSo this happened: Republic Metals, a gold refiner, filed bankruptcy on November 2. The company had found a discrepancy in its inventory of around $90 million, while preparing its financial statements.We are not going to point the Finger of Blame at Republic or its management, as we do not know if this was honest error or theft. If it was theft, then we would not expect it to be a...Read More
People say that speech is silver, silence is golden. Well, not always. The recent FOMC monetary policy statement is the best example. Lets' read out today's article and find out why. Nothing Changes in November On Thursday, the FOMC published the monetary policy statement from its latest meeting that took place on November 7-8. In line with the expectations, the US central bank kept the federa...Read More
My Two CentsBy Andy Sutton / Graham Mehl In what has already been a very interesting week, we've witnessed distractions galore. Allegations of election fraud by pretty much everyone except the people who should be winning some of these elections if Americans truly wanted a different future. We already digress. Cognitive dissonance is fully on display. Just below the surface has been the buzz ab...Read More
Based the last few days' headlines you'd never know the world is in year 10 of a pretty good expansion. Check this out:Not terrified of a recession? These stocks hint you should be Cyclical commodities continue to weaken, gold moves in relation Italian banks on verge of new crisis on EUR400 million hole at Banca Carige China rate-cut chatter becomes louder as growth risks gather "iPhone story is...Read More
Collapse of global stock markets can result in all metals and energies falling. Reason: Liquidity. Nervous investors will prefer to sit on cash. The continuous zoom up and nosedive pattern of global stock markets and currency markets will prevent retail investors from investing as well as trading. They will just use sharp rises to exit their investment and nothing else. Physical buyers of gold...Read More
(Reuters) - An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he was told by the U.S. special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that he would be contacted this week about a possible plea deal.Jerome Corsi, a right-wing commentator who has promoted political conspiracy theories, told Reuters on Tuesday that his lawyer was told by the...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) picked America’s financial and political capitals for its split new headquarters, saying on Tuesday it will build offices for more than 25,000 people each in New York City and close by Washington, D.C.The world’s largest online retailer plans to spend $5 billion on the two new developments and expects to get more than $2 billion in tax...Read More
TORONTO (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) (TRI.N) has appointed former IDG Communications CEO Michael Friedenberg as president of Reuters news and media operations, Thomson Reuters said on Tuesday.Friedenberg will join the company on Dec. 3 and report to Jim Smith, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, the statement said. He will be based in New York.Editorial content w...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday November 14.Base metal closing prices on the London Metal Exchange were mixed on Tuesday November 13, with lead showing the biggest positive move of the day while zinc failed to close above its nearby support level amid record-low LME inventories for both metals. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices l...Read More
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has resigned, the president’s office said on Tuesday, following calls from opposition parties for him to stand down over a High Court ruling which said he had lied under oath.Gigaba, who was finance minister between March 2017 and February 2018, has denied any wrongdoing. Gigaba, who in February was reappointed...Read More