By Stefan GleasonThe metals markets are being pulled in multiple directions simultaneously like never before. The global virus-triggered economic freeze has caused industrial demand for all commodities to crater.At the same time, mining output is also crashing as virus fears force many mines around the world to suspend operations.What is the "right" equilibrium price for copper, silver, gold, an...Read More
Wednesday's session played out as a range day. Most of the downside action occurred during Tuesday night, and Wednesday's regular trading hours were spent bouncing from our key support zone in the 2750 area back to the middle of the range towards 2785/2800 on the Emini S&P 500 (ES). As we demonstrated in real-time in our ES Trading Room at ElliottWaveTrader, it was just a textbook feedback l...Read More
By: RambusI would like to show you some very long term charts for the PM complex I used to look at the big picture and big reversal patterns. I like to use the quarterly line chart as it takes out much of the noise a quarterly bar chart can make. A quarterly line chart only uses the quarterly close so the symmetry isn't there but the big reversal patterns still show up. Also I will switch back t...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinMasks are here for long to come. See what the Presidential briefing says. In Gold, Higher-highs, higher-lows. Support for June above $1670..Read More
Jobless claims topped expectations yet again this weekThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is modestly lower at midday, despite having pared harsher triple-digit losses from the morning. Weighing on the Dow is another batch of weekly jobless claims that topped estimates, meaning it took just four weeksto erase all employment gains experienced in the last 11 years since the Great Recession. C...Read More
Abbott posted a first-quarter earnings and revenue beatAbbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) is up 4.7% to trade at $95.20 -- recovering from its earlier dip -- following its first-quarter earnings report. The company reported profits of 65 cents per share and revenue of $7.73 billion, beating Wall Street's estimates. Abbott also said a recent ramp up in coronavirus testing would help it weather throug...Read More
The pharmacy firm reported a wider-than-expected loss for its fiscal fourth quarterIt's been a dismal day so far for pharmacy name Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), after stepping into the earnings confessional early this morning. The firm posted fiscal fourth-quarter losses of 37 cents per share, which was wider than analysts' estimates, while the reported $5.73 billion in revenue was higher than...Read More
When a tailings dam ruptured in the state of Minas Gerais in southeast Brazil last year, it was a harsh reminder for the mining sector that it needs to consistently operate within the parameters of strict controls and stay alert to potentially tragic risks.The disaster - at Vale's Feij??o mine in Brumadinho - led to the deaths of 270 people after the ruptured dam flooded a nearby community. Just o...Read More
Streaming name Netflix will report earnings next weekNext week will bring a slew of notable earnings, including the likes of blue chips Visa (V), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC), Coca-Cola (KO), and American Express (AXP). Netflix (NFLX) and Snap (SNAP) will also step into the earnings confessional, while weekly jobless claims will remain in focus as Wall Street closely follows the economic fallout of COV...Read More
The equity has shed nearly 8% in 2020Shares of e-commerce name Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) are down 4.6% to trade at $58.54 after receiving a downgrade to "underperform" from "market perform" by Raymond James. Though SQ has been performing above what usually calls for a downgrade from the brokerage, they cited significant risks due to coronavirus that could take the company a long time to recover from. S...Read More
Reports that Hertz is seeking a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy are rocking the car rental stock Hertz Global Holdings Inc (NYSE:HTZ) is down 10.5%, last seen trading at $5.17, amid reports that the car rental concern is seeking aid from the U.S. government to avoid bankruptcy. HTZ recently tried to buck car rental sector's selloff, however, the company is potentially looking at a budget...Read More
Bank of New York Mellon posted first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat analysts' estimates Financial name Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK) is up 6.4% at $36.88 after posting first-quarter earnings of $1.05 per share, and revenue of $4.11 billion, both of which came in higher than analysts' estimates. The investment bank cited increased fee revenue and higher transaction volumes for the...Read More
The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably drawn comparison with the global financial crisis of 2008-09. But while there are similarities, the differences are greater, meaning the remedy needs to be different too.Perhaps the biggest uniting factor between the two events is uncertainty.Ask the head of a major commodities company in 2008, and they would have told you their biggest task was staying liquid,...Read More
President Trump will announce guidelines to reopening the economy later todayAfter a sluggish start, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are climbing, shaking off subpar economic data this morning. The positive price action comes even after the latest weekly jobless claims report of 5.24 million, that topped the 5 million estimate. Futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and S&P 500 Index...Read More
The aluminium price on Shanghai Futures Exchange rose for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday April 16 in an active Chinese market. The aluminium front month contract on the SHFE touched a fresh one-month high of 12,110 yuan ($1,714.50) per tonne on April 16, up 150 yuan per tonne from Wednesday's close at 11,960 yuan per tonne. This followed an increase of 220 yuan per tonne the day prior,...Read More
Aluminium producer UC Rusal is continuing to diversify its sales portfolio, including more products for the medical and pharmaceutical industry, at a time of unsustainable market conditions among its traditional end consumers. Rusal is the world's second-biggest aluminium producer and produced 3.75 million tonnes of aluminium in 2019 - 5.8% of global aluminium supply. "While the situation remains...Read More
Chinese stainless steel producers have withheld their offers since late last week and this has resulted in a recent surge in prices, multiple sources told Fastmarkets this week. Stainless steel mills including a major privately-held steelmaker resorted to a supply shock to arrest a rapid decline in prices after futile attempts to court customers with price discounts, a stainless steel trader in no...Read More
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was little changed at the close of trading on Thursday April 16, holding above nearby support levels despite a 10-day low in turnover, while aluminium futures continued to find support above the $1,500 per tonne threshold.Copper's underlying price on the LME closed at $5,138.50 per tonne, climbing by just over 0.5% from Wednesday's closing...Read More
The aluminium price on Shanghai Futures Exchange rose for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday April 16 in an active Chinese market. The aluminium front month contract on the SHFE touched a fresh one-month high of 12,110 yuan ($1,714.50) per tonne on April 16, up 150 yuan per tonne from Wednesday's close at 11,960 yuan per tonne. This followed an increase of 220 yuan per tonne the day prior,...Read More
Seaborne iron ore prices were down on Thursday April 16 with market participants assessing the likely effects of restrictions on blast furnace-based steel output in the Chinese production hub of Tangshan until the end of April, as part of a package of environmental protection measures.Fastmarkets iron ore indices62% Fe fines, cfr Qingdao: $85.37 per tonne, down by $1.49 per tonne.62% Fe low-alumin...Read More