WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lawmaker expected to head the powerful House Oversight Committee in the new U.S. Congress says one of his first priorities will be investigating why President Donald Trump’s administration decided to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census questionnaire.Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings told Reuters he had not yet prioritized all the issues his committee w...Read More
ADDIEVILLE, Ill.(Reuters) - Clouds crowded the Illinois sky as Nick Harre walked away from his combine at the peak of harvest to join four fellow farmers in greeting some unlikely visitors.Inside a nearby seed barn, they made their pitch to eight Sri Lankan government officials: Please buy our soybeans.The wooing of such a tiny market underscores the depth of U.S. farmers’ problems after los...Read More
China's ferrous futures rose across the board during morning trading on Wednesday November 14, following the release of data showing higher-than-expected industrial output in October.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange January rebar: 3,926 yuan ($564) per tonne, up 57 yuan per tonneJanuary hot-rolled coil: 3,617 yuan per tonne, up 34 yuan per tonneDalian Commodity Ex...Read More
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will convert three German factories to build electric cars, as Europe’s largest automaker by sales starts mass producing zero-emission vehicles in a major strategy shift following its emissions cheating scandal.The German company said on Wednesday its plant in Emden, which currently builds the VW Passat, would build electric cars from 2022 onwards...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday November 15.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly higher at the close of trading on Wednesday November 14, boosted by a steady rebound in global benchmark crude oil futures and a marginal retreat in the United States' dollar index. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the cl...Read More
European prices for mesh-quality wire rod rose across the Northern and Southern parts of the continent on Wednesday November 14, with the volume available in the EU's import quota continuing to go down.Fastmarkets' weekly domestic price assessments for mesh-quality wire rod in both Southern and Northern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?540-560 ($608-630) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?535-5...Read More
(Reuters) - Shares of utility PG&E Corp (PCG.N) fell 18 percent on Wednesday after the company warned of liquidity concerns if its equipment was found responsible for starting the Camp wildfire currently raging in California.The company said liabilities related to the wildfires could exceed its recently renewed insurance cover, adding to the severe financial pressure it is already facing.The u...Read More
The price for rebar produced and delivered in Southern Europe pushed slowly upward again on Wednesday November 14, with sellers offering higher prices due to high costs but consumers so far unwilling to commit to large-volume deals.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for domestic rebar in Southern Europe narrowed upward to ?,?530-535 ($597-602) per tonne delivered on Wednesday, from ?,?520-535 pe...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will respond with countermeasures if the United States imposes tariffs on its cars, the bloc’s trade commissioner told Germany’s Die Zeit weekly on Wednesday.“Then we will hit back, we can very quickly put together a long list of countermeasures that conform to World Trade Organisation rules,” Cecilia Malmstrom told the paper, adding th...Read More
The Turkish steel mills continued their silence in the deep-sea scrap markets for another day on Wednesday November 14, because of a softening rebar market and increasing scrap supply in Europe, Fastmarkets was told.After booking two cargoes from the United States late last week, Turkish mills paused their purchases. Meanwhile, rebar prices have shown a downturn with news of recent sales at $506-5...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday, recouping some of the previous session’s slide, on the growing prospect of OPEC and allied producers cutting output at a meeting next month to prop up the market.Prices rallied toward $67 earlier in the session after Reuters reported OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd), a larger fig...Read More
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its partners are discussing a proposal to cut oil output by up to 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd) for 2019, three sources familiar with the issue said, a larger reduction than previously thought to avert a price-sapping oversupply.Worried by a drop in oil prices due to record supply from Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States, the Organization of the Petrole...Read More
Iron ore prices were mixed on Wednesday November 14 with supply tightness and higher premiums reported for December-arrival Pilbara Blend fines.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index: $75.91 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Pilbara Blend Fines Index: $75.71 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.18 per tonne.MB 62% Fe Iron Ore Index-Low Alumina: $78.25 per tonne cfr Qingdao, up $0.53 per tonne.MB 58% F...Read More
Vietnam, a major consumer of scrap in Asia, has purchased at least 30,000 tonnes of Japanese H2 materials this week.Deals involving at least two bulk shipments bound for southern Vietnam were heard concluded around $329-330 per tonne cfr Vietnam.This suggests that fob Japan prices have fallen further from last week's level of ?34,700-35,000 ($305-307) per tonne after a tender held by the Kanto Te...Read More
China's domestic rebar market maintained its downward trend on Wednesday November 14 despite rising futures. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 4,390-4,430 yuan ($631-637) per tonne, down 20-30 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Beijing): 4,180-4,230 yuan per tonne, down 70 yuan per tonneAmid deteriorating air quality in northern China over the past couple of days, a few steel mills in the region have...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer lost the final round in a long-running patent battle in Britain on Wednesday after the country’s highest court ruled against it in a case involving its $5 billion-a-year pain drug Lyrica.The Supreme Court decision is a blow for the U.S. drugmaker - which had sought to affirm a secondary medical use patent for the product - and a win for generic drug companies Actavi...Read More
CloseGain/LossGold $1211.90+$10.20Silver$14.15+$0.16XAU63.53+2.74%HUI143.45+3.61%GDM522.86+1.78%JSE Gold1080.74-2.00USD96.92-0.27Euro113.20+0.31Yen88.15+0.29Oil$56.25+$0.5610-Year3.122%-0.018T-Bond138.96875+0.375Dow25080.50-0.81%Nasdaq7136.39-0.90%S&P2701.58-0.76% The Metals: Gold traded mostly higher in Asia before it dropped back to $1197.80 in London, but it then shot...Read More
By Ira EpsteinGold responds to crude oil being lost by day's end. Is there another leg down in oil coming?https://www.iraepstein.com/ Read More
* Italian bond yields at three-week highs* Italy sticks to growth, deficit plans in revamped budget* Sets stage for EU showdown* Core euro zone bond yields down (Adds Italian CDS, updates prices)By Dhara RanasingheLONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Italian bond yields hit three-week highs on Wednesday, widening the gap over top-rated German peers, after Italy re-submitted its 2019 budget to the European C...Read More
By Craig HemkeIt may not be enough to reverse the momentum or flip the downtrend, but another Spec short squeeze is coming. Of that, you can be certain. And how do we know this? Because the COMEX is a rigged casino! The market-making Banks have monopolistic control of the proceedings, and this grants them almost unlimited power to rig results in their favor. To the point, Speculators (primarily...Read More