Demand for passenger cars in Europe moved up by a remarkable 21.65% year-on-year in December 2019, making it the fourth consecutive month of growth.New car sales in Europe totalled 1,215,076 vehicles in December last year, compared with 998,791 units sold in the corresponding month of 2018, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA)...Read More

Turkey's vehicle output totaled 1,461,244 units in 2019, down by 5.74% from 1,550,260 vehicles the previous year, the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD) said on Sunday January 12.Domestic vehicle sales of 491,909 units last year is down by 23.32% from 641,550 vehicles in 2018.The country exported 1,252,586 vehicles in 2019, a decline of 5.03% from 1,318,869 vehicles the previous ye...Read More

Jobs and retail data lifted Wall Street todayThe Dow roared to a fourth straight win and new record high today, thanks to upbeat retail sales and jobs data. The blue-chip index's over 200-point win can also be attributed to the details of the newly signed "phase one" trade deal with China, where it was revealed China could purchase nearly $200 billion more in U.S. goods in the coming years. The S&...Read More

Market participants in China say they are not worried by the expected increase in steel imports from the United States, even after the two major economic powers signed the phase one economic and trade agreement on Wednesday January 15. While the agreement does not set out the increase in quantity of US-origin steel exports China will accept, Chinese market participants do not expected the increase...Read More

The gap between the SPX and its 200-day moving average is unusually wideThe S&P 500 Index (SPX) has rallied over the past few months, and now, relative to its 200-day moving average, it's the highest it's been in about two years. Specifically, it's now 10% above the moving average. The last time it reached this level it did not go well. The S&P 500 peaked on January 26, 2018 at 14% above the movin...Read More

Morgan Stanley downgraded the electric automaker to "underweight" from "equal-weight"Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is getting hit with a bear note from Morgan Stanley just two days after the stock nabbed an all-time high of $547.41. The analyst downgraded the electronic auto manufacturer to "underweight" from "equal-weight" but lifted its price target to $360 from $250 -- still a sizable deficit off las...Read More

Options have been running hot ahead of the company's earnings reportJoining the busy earnings slate this week is distribution name Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST). The company is scheduled to report earnings before the open tomorrow, Jan. 17. Below we will take a look at how FAST has been faring on the charts, and what the options market is pricing in for post-earnings moves. At last check, the equ...Read More

Traders at the major exchanges have picked up long calls at a rapid paceData from the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) shows there's been unusual interest in long ArcelorMittal SA (ADR) (NYSE:MT) call options. The steel concern's 10-day call/put volume ratio comes in at 12.63, a reading that ranks in the bullish 97th annual percenti...Read More

Central China-based Henan Luoyang Iron & Steel is to sell its 1.04 million tonnes per year of crude steel capacity to a mill in southern China's Guangdong province, according a notice released by the Henan Industry & Information Technology Department on Tuesday January 14.Seller: Luoyang Iron & SteelLocation: Luoyang city, Henan...Read More

Earnings season will be picking back up this week with several blue chips Despite Monday's market closure in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, it's shaping up to be a busy week ahead. For starters, traders can expect quarterly reports from blue chips American Express (AXP), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), and Travelers (TRV). FAANG name Netflix...Read More

Cambell Soup just pulled back to a bullish signal on the charts During the past 12 months, packaged food manufacturer Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has been on a climb higher. Year-over-year, the stock has added 36%, and it just came off a two-year high of $49.55 in early January. More upside could be in the soup stock's future, though, should history be any indication.Specifically, CPB just pu...Read More

The Dow hit another fresh high amid well-received weekly jobless claims and December retail salesThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has continued its steady rise higher at midday, touching another record high, as Wall Street looked towards promising economic data, namely upbeat retail sales and jobless claims. A post-earnings pop from bank name Morgan Stanley (MS) and a finalized "phase one"...Read More

AOBC has climbed in recent monthsShares of firearm maker American Outdoor Brands Corp (NASDAQ:AOBC) are down 0.4% at $9.54 this morning, the stock buzzing on news that the company's CEO James Debney has been ousted by the board effective immediately, after violating a non-financial company policy. Longer term, the equity has added over 77% from its Oct. 3 low, and is now sporting a 3.2% year-to-d...Read More

Silver appears to be very close to an evenbigger move higher. Most of the hard work of the double-bottom since 2015 isdone.The coming leg higher is the one that willlikely take prices to all-time highs. Below, is a long-term Silver chart: Note that price has broken above the50-month moving average, and consolidated above the line. This is a great buy signal, when taken into account withother...Read More

iRobot has been trending higher recentlyThe shares of iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) are sporting a 7.7% gain this morning to trade at $57.51, putting them on pace for their best close since October and a second straight finish atop the 100-day moving average after roughly nine months below the trendline. Today's upside is coming thanks to an upgrade to "market perform" from "underperform" at Ra...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold 18-dma is the $1,540's, $20 from the current price = support. Bias is up, trend is down..Read More

The streaming giant just partnered with Ben & Jerry's to create a new flavor of ice creamNetflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) stock is popping today, after the streaming giant announced its partnership with Ben & Jerry's to create a flavor of ice cream called "Netflix & Chill'd," which will feature fudge brownies and pretzel swirls in peanut butter ice cream. The stock is up 1% to trade at $343, at last che...Read More

Trump's impeachment progress is the key reason for gold and silver to rise. Impeachment news is the reason for gold price to rise from $1460 to $1520. Thereafter investment interest and speculative longs pushed gold past $1600. Gold prices not falling below $1530 despite some bearish news should be taken as short term positive by bulls. News on US-China trade deal (everything collected from Re...Read More

The Chinese steelmaking industry will focus on six key areas in 2020 to maintain its structured and orderly development, China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) chairman Gao Xiangming said in a speech at a conference last weekend.These are meant to round out the final year of China's 13th Five-Year Plan and contribute to the stable growth and reform of the Chinese economy.1. Maintain stable, efficie...Read More

UK suppliers of steel scrap to domestic consumers have added a further round of price increases for the latest monthly settlements to be delivered in January, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday January 16.January contracts were up by ?10 ($13) per tonne, the latest step in a climb of ?35 per tonne over three months, after increasing by a similar amount last month and by ?15 per tonne in Novem...Read More