U.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 3 points in pre-opening trade. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meets today and tomorrow to examine U.S. monetary policy.Oracle plunged $4.56 to $47.39 after reporting lower than consensus fiscal third quarter revenues. The company also lowered its guidance. Stifel Nicolaus downgraded the stock to Hold from Bu...Read More
Aluminium Aluminium prices continue to test underlying support after the...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Global investors were crowded into so-called FAANG and BAT tech shares in March and continue to cling to equity holdings despite fears of trade wars and growth slowdown, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s latest monthly survey showed on Tuesday.The survey of fund managers running $579 billion worldwide was conducted March 9-15 and showed that investors were likely heavily exp...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM) – Norilsk nickel in the Shanghai market traded at a discount of about 400 yuan/mt against the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange 1804 contract on Tuesday March 20, while Jinchuan traded at a premium at 0-100 yuan/mt, SMM learned.Jinchuan offered nickel plate at 101,700 yuan/mt.As nickel futures traded rangebound earlier in the morning, traders made offers actively due to am...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM)? 1/4 ?Spot copper in the Shanghai market was offered at a discount of 220-190 yuan/mt on the morning of Tuesday March 20, SMM learned. This compared with discounts of 260-220 yuan/mt on the previous day's morning. For editorial queries, please contact Daisy Tseng at daisy@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en...Read More
(Kitco News) - Holdings of gold by global exchange-traded funds have risen to a multi-year high, even if the price of the metal has gone the other way lately.Comex April gold was trading at $1,310 an ounce as of 8:30 a.m. EDT. The metal closed at $1,325 last Wednesday, before three straight days of large ETF inflows.Analysts suggested the price dip has encouraged buying of gold ETFs, as has nervou...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM)? 1/4 ?The zinc market in Tianjin saw more transactions on Tuesday March 20 as many local galvanising plants resume operations gradually after a round of environmental inspection was completed, SMM learned. The 0# common brand zinc traded at a discount of 50 yuan/mt to a premium of 20 yuan/mt against the SHFE 1804 contract, and at 50 yuan/mt higher than th...Read More
Listen to this podcast airing on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here.We're likely at the beginning of a sea change in the direction of interest rates and the overall bond market, and a recession on the horizon has important implications for bond investors.In our recent Big Picture episode, Financial Sense Newshour's Jim Puplava looks at where bonds are headed and w...Read More
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Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed lower across the board on Tuesday March 20, with copper falling to a new 2018-low. The three-month copper price closed 1.4% lower and hit a low of $6,730 per tonne earlier in the day - the lowest since December 14, 2017. "This comes amid broad-based downward pressure across the industrial metals, chiefly owing to a weaker global risk appetite...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightExcept for SHFE aluminium, base metals edged down across the board under pressure from cautious sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting that will determine the hike in interest rates. LME copper and nickel fell close to 1%.The eurozone’s seasonally adju...Read More
Gold is on the defensive as traders await the outcome of a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee that is expected to result in a 25-basis-point U.S. interest-rate hike, says George Gero, managing director with RBC Wealth Management. As of 10:01 a.m. EDT, Comex April gold was down $9.10 to $1,308.70 an ounce. “Gold sellers return as Fed meeting [begins] and rate hike is apparen...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightExcept for SHFE aluminium, base metals edged down across the board under pressure from cautious sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting that will determine the hike in interest rates. LME copper and nickel fell close to 1%.The eurozone’s seasonally adju...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightExcept for SHFE aluminium, base metals edged down across the board under pressure from cautious sentiment ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting that will determine the hike in interest rates. LME copper and nickel fell close to 1%.The eurozone’s seasonally adju...Read More
Published on: Mar 19, 2018 | by finfeedCastillo Copper (ASX:CCZ) has today informed the market than an encouraging desktop report from geology consultant, Xplore Resources, has highlighted considerable potential for additional cobalt mineralisation and favourable zones of outcrops across the company's Broken Hill Project.This prolific NSW region is steadily emerging as a new global supply chain hu...Read More
Dragged down further by broad...ACCESS RESTRICTEDTo read the rest of this analysis please take a free sample or subscribeFREE SampleReceive a free sample of market analysis and price forecasts.Free SampleSUBSCRIBEReceive unlimited access to all current and archive content going back to 2008 including downloadable pricing data and forecasts.Plus download the latest issue as soon as...Read More
The Turkish scrap import market continued to be quiet on Tuesday March 20, on the absence of fresh deep-sea trading.Turkish steel producers stepped back from deep-sea scrap purchases on March 9, following the Section 232 announcement in the United States that applied a 25% duty to imports of steel products.The demand for rebar exports has gone down sharply since that announcement and the Turkish m...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s steel industry will resolutely respond to any trade action taken by United States, the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) said on Tuesday as it hailed a climbdown by Washington in an antitrust case.The CISA statement came after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) decided to terminate its investigation into imports of certain carbon and alloy ste...Read More
On Monday, the equity markets were under heavy pressure early, as was the dollar. And where were the metals? They were only slightly higher. Metals continue to be asleep with no energy. With Monday's fear in equities and a weak dollar, gold could only muster a small rally. With equities down almost 500 points and the euro currency up big and gold on support, the rally was disappointing. With equit...Read More
SHANGHAI, Mar 20 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper fell below the five- and 10-day moving averages without firm support, while the SHFE 1805 contract traded below moving averages with some support at the 51,000 yuan/mt level. We expect LME copper to trade at $6,800-6,850/mt today and SHFE copper to trade at 51,150-51,500 yuan/mt. In the physical market, spot discounts are seen at 230-180 yuan/m...Read More