"Today, the Administration is transmitting to Congress a $2.5 billion supplemental funding plan to accelerate vaccine development, support preparedness and response activities and to procure much needed equipment and suppliesContinue...Read More

Wall Street's "fear gauge," the VIX hit its highest point since late 2018The Dow's disastrous free-fall continued today with its fourth-straight triple-digit loss, after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) warned that the spread of the coronavirus outbreak from Europe to the U.S. could be imminent. The blue-chip index -- which pivoted lower at midday after a brief foray into the black this mornin...Read More

DVA shares have broken out of a series of lower highsHealthcare stock DaVita Inc (NYSE:DVA) has recently pulled back after hitting record highs and reporting strong quarterly results. On a longer-term basis, the shares seem to have broken out of a series of lower highs in place since 2015, hinting that more upside is possible going forward. There's plenty of bearish bias that could unwind around D...Read More

Expedia just laid off 12% of its workforce Online travel specialist Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) is gapping lower today on news that the company plans on cutting 3,000 jobs -- 12% of its workforce -- in an effort to streamline its business. This comes right on the heels of the company's decision to forgo a full-year forecast amid the growing coronavirus uncertainty. EXPE is now trading back bel...Read More

Anxieties over the spread of the coronavirus from Italy to the U.S. are high The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) this morning was on pace to recoup some of its massive 1,031-point sell-off on Monday, but has since turned lower around midday, brushing off a post-earnings pop from Home Depot (HD). Despite thisrebound attempt, coronavirus anxiety is still high, with investors fretting over a possi...Read More

HD is enjoying a morning lift after earningsShares of retailer Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) are up 1.8% this morning, last seen at $244.34, following the company's upbeat quarterly report. The Lowe's (LOW) rival reported earnings of $2.28 per share for the fourth quarter, higher than the anticipated $2.10 per share. The home improvement giant also reported better-than-expected sales of $25.78 bill...Read More

MRNA calls are all the rage latelyModerna Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) shares are surging 11.21% to trade at $20.54 this morning, as the company delivers its experimental coronavirus vaccine to the United States for human testing. Given the fact that the infection appears to be leading the charge in the sharp stock market drop, the vaccine is a welcome response to the spreading threat.Moderna stock has reli...Read More

The homebuilding stock is now up 20% year-to-dateThe shares of Toll Brothers Inc (NYSE:TOL) are down 0.1% to trade at $46.90 this morning, despite a bull note from SunTrust Robinson. The brokerage firm hiked its price target to $47 from $37, in line with the homebuilding stock's closing perch yesterday of $46.98.Homebuilding stocks like Toll Brothers were one of the strongest groups in 2019, and...Read More

GE is up nearly 15% year-over-yearBoston-based General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is enjoying a 1% lift this morning, last seen just shy of $12 after sharing its annual report. The report stated the conglomerateemployed a more consolidated 205,000 people, 70,000 of which were U.S.-based in 2019. This compares to 2018's count of 283,000. Yesterday GE was one of the many in the broad-market selloff...Read More

The Egyptian Administrative Court will make a ruling on billet and rebar import duties on May 23, after a number of domestic rebar re-rollers appealed to have them removed, market participants told Fastmarkets on Monday February 24.The Egyptian Ministry of Trade & Industry announced definitive import duties on steel billet, rebar and wire rod on October 10 last year. The definitive safeguard duty...Read More

Mastercard's CEO Ajay Banga will resign, effective Jan. 1, 2021The shares of Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) are being dragged even further down the charts this morning following news of CEO Ajay Banga's resignation, at the start of 2021. Banga will be replaced by Chief Product Officer Michael Miebach. Also pressuring shares this morning is an updated current-quarter forecast from the company, predicting...Read More

Home Depot stock is pacing to open higher after earningsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading above fair value this morning, as U.S. stocks prepare to gain back some of Monday's monster losses, which sent the blue-chip index spiraling more than 1,000 points. While coronavirus headlines continue to swirl, traders this morning are also monitoring earnings updates, namely from Dow co...Read More

Stewart Thomson, Graceland Updates 1. The US stock market is in "sleigh ride" mode against gold stocks.2. Please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this chart. Yesterday was another day of disappointment, fear, and outright terror... for most investors who are locked in the Dow versus GDX sled.3. The disintegration of the US stock market against GDX began...Read More

By: Ira EpsteinGold market's 18-DMA is under $1,600. 5 days in a row OVER the Bollinger band. Tomorrow it is likely try to get under the band, under $1,650..Read More

Silver has not risen at all. Just trade in the technical in silver. Corrections in gold are healthy. There are lots of US economic data next week. US various February jobs report will be there next week. Correction or profit booking in gold and silver will be there. Corrections will be healthy to ensure that the current rally in gold is a sustainable one. A continued one way rise will imply a bo...Read More

Dexin Steel Indonesia will fire up its first blast furnace on Friday February 21, an industry source told Fastmarkets.Owned by China's Delong Holdings, the mill in Central Sulawesi province's Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, will have a total production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per...Read More

Flat steel sales from Brazilian distributors increased by 5.3% year on year in January, with the country's steel consumption rising amid price increases, according to national flat steel distributors' association Inda. Shipments amounted to 279,400 tonnes last month, against 265,300 tonnes a year before, Inda said on Tuesday February 18."The market is improving slowly," Inda president Carlos Loure...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Tuesday February 25 that are worth another look.European steel producers, represented by regional steel association Eurofer, hope to achieve a further toughening of the region's existing safeguard measures on steel product imports, market sources told Fastmarkets on February 25.The US Midwest aluminium premium reversed a more than nine-mon...Read More

The three-month zinc price on the London Metal Exchange was lower at the close of trading on Tuesday February 25, with the price edging down by 0.3% in a broadly positive trading afternoon, while lead futures topped the base-metals complex.Zinc's outright price on the LME closed at $2,030 per tonne in the afternoon, failing to close in positive territory despite strong turnover throughout the day....Read More

Rebar producers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region tested higher offers in the market in the week to Monday February 24, following the surge in raw materials prices in the global market, particularly ferrous scrap, market sources said.Offers for Ukraine-origin rebar were reported within the range of $445-450 per tonne fob Black Sea, against $440 per tonne heard a week earlier...Read More