* Specs increase net short positions in gold to highest in 3weeks * Platinum scales more than 4-month peak * GRAPHIC-2018 asset returns: (Recasts, updates prices, adds quotes)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Monday asinvestors took some profits following a rally over the pastweek, but the market is cautious ahead of the U.S. midtermelections this week.Spot gold was down 0.3...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama made dueling election appearances on Sunday, offering sharply different views on the country’s problems but agreeing on the high stakes for voters in the final 48 hours of a tight campaign.With opinion polls showing dozens of tight U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races in Tuesday’s election, the current and f...Read More
TORONTO - Barrick Gold Corp. says shareholders have voted more than 99 per cent in favour of a takeover of Randgold Resources Ltd.The proposed combination of the two companies, announced in September, would add gold mine properties in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Barrick's portfolio.The deal would also see Randgold chief executive officer Mark Bristow mov...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Buy the dollar but sell FAANGs, buy real estate and machinery, but sell the overall market. Or, do nothing at all.Investors heading into Tuesday’s U.S. congressional elections are trying to fathom how best to predict the outcome and profit from it.After two years of wielding no practical political power in Washington, the Democratic Party faces a strong chance of winning...Read More
All political power is primarily an illusion... Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors.- Jimmy Breslin, American journalist and authorAh, the election midterms!It's a favorite holiday for both the media and the government.The midterms toss up a big cloud of smoke. And the media and government break out the mirrors.For them, it's better than...Read More
Fastmarkets launched its China cobalt sulfate price in May 2018, with historical data dated back to March, tracking the price of this key electric vehicle battery material. Read More
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) is ahead of its goal to generate $5 billion in additional annual revenue by 2020, having already achieved half that amount in the first nine months of this year, the Wall Street bank said on Monday.Goldman has made headway on plans to lend more to consumers and big businesses, and improve revenue from trading, investment banking and asset management, acco...Read More
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Monday to lower tariffs, broaden market access and import more from overseas at the start of a trade expo designed to demonstrate goodwill amid mounting frictions with the United States and others.The Nov. 5-10 China International Import Expo, or CIIE, brings thousands of foreign companies together with Chinese buyers in a bid to demons...Read More
SEATTLE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the commercial fishermen who ply salmon-rich, southwestern Alaska pack away their fishing gear for the winter, many are watching anxiously as a controversial mine proposal moves through the federal permitting process.On Tuesday, Alaskans will vote on an initiative that, if passed, would set stricter regulations for proposed infrastructure projects that aff...Read More
* AngloGold and partner look at selling Sadiola mine in Mali * Sees FY production towards top end of guidance * Shares jump as costs and debt also fall(Recasts with plan to sell Sadiola, adds shares) By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - AngloGold Ashanti Ltd and its joint venture partner are looking at selling amine in Mali after failing to reach an agreement with the westAfrican cou...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK CIN Index made a final plunge as low as 1108.56 before it embarked on a powerful turnaround. The Index ended the week at 1151.95 with a 1.5% or 17.5-point gain, as world markets rebounded with gusto.For the last couple of weeks, including in last week's blog post "Dives...Read More
WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said it would defy U.S. sanctions reimposed on it by Washington on Monday, denouncing as “economic war” the U.S. attempt to curb Tehran’s missile and nuclear programs and weaken its influence in the Middle East.The U.S. move restores sanctions lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by the administration of President Barack Obama and five oth...Read More
China's hot-rolled coil market was largely steady on Monday November 5, but expectations have emerged for some upward momentum in the export segment as soon as prices bottom out.DomesticEastern China (Shanghai): 4,030-4,040 yuan ($584-586) per tonne, narrowing downward by 10 yuan per tonneNorthern China (Tianjin): 4,030-4,040 yuan per tonne, unchangedPrices in both major trading regions in China w...Read More
Ferrous futures in China registered mild movements during morning trading on Monday November 5, with the impact of winter steelmaking restrictions and the potential for easing tensions between the country and the United States being factors to watch out for over the rest of the month.Futures closing prices - morning session Shanghai Futures Exchange January rebar: 4,034 yuan ($585) per tonne, down...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond raised the prospect of looser budget policy after Brexit and said faster growth was the best way to cut Britain’s debt burden, but insisted he was still committed to ultimately running a budget surplus.Hammond’s annual budget last week reinforced some analysts’ doubts about his commitment to a budget surplus, after he use...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers called on Italy to change its 2019 budget before a deadline set for next week, confirming Rome was isolated in the bloc over its row on fiscal rules.As some ministers evoked risks for the euro from the budget dispute, Italy’s Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said he was working on a compromise, an Italian official said, stressing Rome was not co...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The board of Citigroup Inc (C.N) on Monday named one its independent members to be its new chairman, keeping the post separate from Chief Executive Mike Corbat.John C. Dugan, 63, a former bank regulator and former lawyer to the board who became a Citigroup director last year, will succeed Mike O’Neill on Jan. 1, the company said. O’Neill recently reached the board&...Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers urged their Italian peer Giovanni Tria at a closed-door meeting on Monday to change the country’s budget for next year and respect European Union fiscal rules, an EU official told Reuters.Ministers “encouraged Italy to review its position, respond to Commission’s concerns and respect the agreed rules”, the official said, repo...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Tuesday November 6.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were predominantly lower at the close of trading on Monday November 5, topped by a continued downturn in lead's three-month price while aluminium was the only metal to trade in positive territory. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC on Monday pulled a controversial TV ad on immigration that was endorsed by President Donald Trump and deemed “racist” by CNN.The primetime ad, paid for by Donald J. Trump for President, ran during a “Sunday Night Football” broadcast and linked Luis Bracamontes, an undocumented immigrant convicted of killing two sheriff’s deputies in California...Read More