Domestic prices for hot-rolled coil in Turkey have moved down over the week, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 21.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for Turkish domestic HRC was $500-520 per tonne ex-works on Friday, compared with $520-530 per tonne ex-works a week earlier.Turkish mills have been offering the material at $520-530 per tonne ex-works, while deals and "workable prices" were r...Read More
In my June 20th interview with Jim Goddard from HoweStreet.com, I reviewed two buy signals we have put out this month in the resource area, specifically on the gold group in our June 3rd market report and, more recently, on the Basic Materials sector last Friday. I also point out that a strong Canadian dollar was good for junior miners who raise money in Canada for gold exploration offshore becau...Read More
Fastmarkets has standardized the names of our metals and minerals prices across our product suite for ease of use and greater transparency.The aim of this exercise is to make it as easy as possible for our licensed users to identify and use our pricing data. As of two weeks from the date of this notice, all Fastmarkets price names will follow this structure, where possible: commodity + product/gra...Read More
Trading was active in China's export hot-rolled coil market on June 21, with traders rushing to restock on expectations that prices will gain further. Domestic Eastern China (Shanghai): 3,780-3,800 yuan ($550-553) per tonne, up 10-20 yuan per tonne. Northern China (Tianjin): 3,770-3,780 yuan per tonne, narrowing upward 10 yuan per tonne. Prices climbed further on Friday on futures g...Read More
Indian local secondary billet prices in the current week have fallen sharply by at least 1,600 rupees ($23) per tonne on weak demand while finished product makers such as rebar mills curtailed purchasing semi-finished products.Fastmarkets' assessment of the price for Indian domestic secondary billet stood at 28,100-28,300 rupees per tonne ex-works on Friday June 21, down by 1,600 rupees per tonne....Read More
The light iron market has dropped ?5 ($6.35) per tonne in the UK over the past week, on slower domestic demand and a fall in European export prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 21.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was ?80-100 ($102-127) per tonne on June 21, compared with ?85-105 per tonne previously. The move follows a ste...Read More
Fastmarkets has standardized the names of our metals and minerals prices across our product suite for ease of use and greater transparency.The aim of this exercise is to make it as easy as possible for our licensed users to identify and use our pricing data. As of two weeks from the date of this notice, all Fastmarkets price names will follow this structure, where possible: commodity + product/gra...Read More
The light iron market has dropped ?5 ($6.35) per tonne in the UK over the past week, on slower domestic demand and a fall in European export prices, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday June 21.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was ?80-100 ($102-127) per tonne on June 21, compared with ?85-105 per tonne previously. The move follows a ste...Read More
Gold COT Report - Futures Large SpeculatorsCommercialTotal LongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort 274,63370,31056,655141,993365,848473,281492,813 Change from Prior Reporting Period 24,5194,434-3,1804,27426,10225,61327,356 Traders 20669685559290170 Small Speculators LongShortOpen Interest 52,35532,823525,636 3,3601,61728,973 non reportable positionsCha...Read More
- Richard (Rick) MillsThe US Federal Reserve, the country's central bank, did what many expected on Wednesday, and held interest rates steady, while signaling that a rate cut is on its way. Despite pressure from President Trump to lower interest rates, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded after a two-day meeting that it will stay pat for now, meaning no change to the 2.25% to 2....Read More
Gold finally surged to new bull-market highs this week! Several years after its last bull high, gold punched through vexing resistance after the Fed continued capitulating on ever normalizing. This huge milestone changes everything for gold and its miners' stocks, unleashing new-high psychology fueling self-feeding buying. With speculators not yet all-in and investors wildly underdeploye...Read More
Summary: Gold closed at $1348 today according to Stockcharts but is now much higher at $1365 as I write this update. My two longer-term weekly charts on GLD show the potential for a massive upside breakout where price could really run hard & fast. My first chart is a 6 Year weekly showing a massive inverse Head & shoulders pattern that is ready to bust out to the upside of the inverse neckl...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinDrone Thursday - 100% July Cut in Rates Priced in - Gold Market is responding to falling dollar, rates, FOMC, drones, safe haven buying roaring into the market.Gold roars higher:Read More
- Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTAGold has finally broken out to the upside.In Asia trading on Thursday, Gold exploded through the $1360 to $1370 resistance zone and was able to hold the gains throughout the day, closing above $1395/oz. As we pen this article, Gold has to chance to break $1400/oz by the weekend. The close of the month (and quarter) next week will provide an additional clue as to th...Read More
Bullion's powerful rally this week has kicked this popular mining-stock vehicle into high gear. I haven't tracked it in quite a while but aim to do so now, provided it remains feisty and interesting. In that regard, GDX looks like it's about to ratchet up the interest-level, although not in a way we might have preferred. Notice that Thursday's energetic short-squeeze brought the ETF within inche...Read More
Apart from the technical, Iranian issue is also contributing to gold's rise. Momentum is bullish for gold and crude oil. Silver has a lot of potential to rise IF it tries to play catch up with gold. China is trying to mediate for a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Developments in Korea will not have any effect on gold or currency markets. One should look for signs of profit taking bef...Read More
Global ferrous scrap prices continued to trend downward over the week from June 17 to June 21, while falling Turkish import prices weighed on prices and buyer sentiment in other markets. Turkish import prices decline on oversupplyUS export prices continue downslideTaiwan, Vietnam prices fall but may rebound soonIndia prices dip on poor trading conditions Turkey Turkish mills booked three cargoes b...Read More
Fastmarkets has standardized the names of our metals and minerals prices across our product suite for ease of use and greater transparency.The aim of this exercise is to make it as easy as possible for our licensed users to identify and use our pricing data. As of two weeks from the date of this notice, all Fastmarkets price names will follow this structure, where possible: commodity + product/gra...Read More
Jim Willie returns to SGT Report to discuss Trump, geopolitics, the economy and the four facts that show a gold standard - at at least three times the current gold price - is coming into view.Jim Willie is a statistical analyst in marketing research and retail forecasting. He holds a PhD in Statistics, and his career has stretched over 25 years. He aspires to thrive in the financial editor world,...Read More
Topics:- Gold & Silver had their best day in 7 years: will it last, or will they be collared again?- The reasons why Bitcoin is being allowed to run.- Geopolitical tensions and what you're not being told about Iran's startling history of the USD and culturaltakeover.- Facebook's attempt to take over banking as it did social media..- Globalist central banking's playbook for takeover and harvesting...Read More