Technical analyst Clive Maund charts the longer term picture for silver.Like gold, silver has been in a corrective downtrend following its peak early in September, and it looks like it has further to run before its done, partly of course because we have a downside target for gold in the $1360–$1400 area before it turns up. On the 6-month month we can see how it has been stumbling lower withi...Read More
The gold miners’ stockshave largely been consolidating high following last summer’s powerful upleg. That resilience has left sentiment relativelybullish, with traders mostly expecting this sector to soon start surging again. But the jury is still out on whethergold stocks will be lucky enough to evade a bigger correction. Major downside risks still abound, primarilyin...Read More
The Fed kept the interest rates unchanged in December. The statement was rather hawkish, while the dot-plot rather dovish. What does such a mix imply for the yellow metal? Fed Keeps Interest Rates UnchangedYesterday, the FOMC published the monetary policy statement from its latest meeting that took place on December 10-11th. In line with expectations, the U.S. central bank left the federal funds r...Read More
Verylittle happened in the precious metals market both yesterday and in today’spre-market trading – at least so far. We will take this opportunity to discusssomething that we haven’t done in a while – silverstocks.To be clear, we’re not going to discuss the silver mining stock selection, asthat’s something our proprietaryalgorithms do on a daily basis. And yes,...Read More
Gold-linked exchange-traded products are growing in popularitywith investors. Assets held by gold ETFs have grown 38% globally in 2019. In October, according to the World Gold Council, gold ETFsattracted $1.9 billion in net inflows to reach a new record high total goldholding of 2,900 tonnes – at least on paper.There is good reason to be skeptical of whether all these “gold”vehic...Read More
Gold,silver, and mining stocks reversed practically exactly at their double trianglereversal point and the short positions that we opened along with takingprofits off the table from the previous longpositions, became profitable almost instantly. There’s quite a decline to catchhere, and it seems that only a small part thereof had already taken place. PMsReversingTheabove chart clearly shows...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices rose on Friday December 27 because of trades heard at higher levels.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.51 per tonne, up $0.88 per tonne.62% Fe Pilbara Blend fines, cfr Qingdao: $90.60 per tonne, up $0.88 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumina fines, cfr Qingdao: $91.65 per tonne, up $1.04 per tonne.58% Fe fines high-premium, cfr Qingdao: $77.73 per tonne, up...Read More
Trading activity in the seaborne coking coal market was robust this week despite it being the end of the year, with over 800,000 tonnes of premium products changing hands.Fastmarkets indicesPremium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $133.25 per tonne, up $0.12 per tonnePremium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $148.77 per tonne, up $0.82 per tonneHard coking coal, fob DBCT: $122.33 per tonne, unchangedHard...Read More
Christopher LewisDec 26, 2019 04:51 PM GMTGold markets have rallied significantly during the trading session again on Thursday, reaching towards the $1516 level, and at this point I think that the market is probably going to go looking towards the $1520 level. If we can break above there, then this is the longer-term uptrend ready to continue going higher. Ultimately though, I think that a pullbac...Read More
SD Friday Wrap: It looks like silver's run is only just getting started. Here are not one, not two, but several reasons why...*****Editor's Note: These charts were set-up before 1:00 p.m., and they do not include price action after that time.*****Silver put in a nice, strong move this week.Not many people were looking for silver to rally, but I was, and I imagine most people now think the rally h...Read More
Nickel and tin dipped in the morning trading session on the London Metal Exchange on Friday December 27 but the rest of the base metals were firm after the Christmas break"While the LME was away yesterday it's fair to say little happened in its absence. Prices have started the day as a mixed bag," Kingdom Futures CEO Malcolm Freeman said in a morning note. The LME three-month nickel price fell fur...Read More
The price of ferrous scrap imported into India increased this week due to the upswing in global ferrous scrap markets, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' steel scrap, shredded, index, import, cfr Nhava Sheva was $307.54 per tonne on on Friday December 27, up from $296.05 per tonne a week earlier.Deals were heard for shredded scrap at $305-310 per tonne and offers at $315 per tonne. Negotiations...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
Base metals prices were little changed at the close on Friday December 27, with a return to market post-Christmas doing little to inspire upward price movement on the London Metal Exchange."There is really not a great deal to talk about in the metals market apart from the Santa rally in US indices amid record high prices, fueled no doubt by the trade deal with China," Fastmarkets research analyst...Read More
A weekly brief on the Fastmarkets copper concentrate index. Fastmarkets copper concentrates TC/RC index, cif Asia Pacific rose to $54.8 per...Read More
Base metals stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses largely fell in the week to Friday December 27.The largest weak-on-week decrease in deliverable stocks was in zinc - they fell by 4,587 tonnes or 16.35% to 28,054 tonnes. The Quansheng Logistics warehouse...Read More
The price of alumina in China edged higher this week, breaking a run of 14 consecutive weekly declines, on reports of substantial production cuts in the country.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment of alumina metallurgical grade, ddp China stood at 2,330-2,460 yuan ($333-352) per tonne on Friday December 27, up by 30-40 yuan per tonne or 1.5% from 2,300-2,420 yuan per tonne a week earlier, when th...Read More
Nickel and tin dipped in the morning trading session on the London Metal Exchange on Friday December 27 but the rest of the base metals were firm after the Christmas break"While the LME was away yesterday it's fair to say little happened in its absence. Prices have started the day as a mixed bag," Kingdom Futures CEO Malcolm Freeman said in a morning note. The LME three-month nickel price fell fur...Read More
The domestic price of hot-rolled coil in Northern Europe held steady on Friday December 27 from the previous day, which market sources attributed to holiday-thinned activity.Fastmarkets' daily steel hot-rolled coil index domestic, ex-works Northern Europe was unchanged at ?,?439.39 ($487.46) per tonne on Friday in slow market conditions.The calculation of the index was based on the latest...Read More
Flat-rolled steel import prices were mostly unchanged in South America in the week to Friday December 27 amid a market lull resulting from the year-end holidays.Fastmarkets assessed the price for steel plate import, cfr main ports South America at $520-530 per tonne on Friday, up from $510-525 per tonne a week before. While countries in the region's Pacific Coast did not get new offers for China-o...Read More