The price of vanadium pentoxide in Europe jumped by more than 25% in the week ended Friday April 17 due to concerns over obtaining the material during the continued lockdown in South Africa. Fastmarkets assessed the vanadium pentoxide 98% V2O5 min, in-whs Rotterdam price at $6.90-7.45 per lb on Friday, up 25.3% from the previous week's assessment of $5.2-6.25 per lb and at a three-month high....Read More
Shares of Tronox Holdings traded higher after the company released preliminary Q1/20 earnings data and provided an update on its ongoing operations. This morning prior to the opening of U.S. markets, Tronox Ltd. (TROX:NYSE) announced some selected preliminary unaudited financial results for Q1/20 ending March 31, 2020. The company additionally provided an update on its current business operations...Read More
Oil futures remained at their lowest since 2002The Dow extended its midday rally to end both the day and week higher thanks to a life out of Boeing (BA). However, it did pare earlier gains due to underperforming Apple (AAPL) and Amazon.com (AMZN). The Nasdaq and S&P 500 also ended the day and week in the black, boosted by optimism over Gilead Sciences' (GILD) potential coronavirus treatment. Loo...Read More
Moderna received millions in funding for coronavirus vaccineGilead Sciences (GILD) isn't the only one making headlines today in regards to COVID-19. Shares of Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) are soaring, after the company received a $483 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to accelerate the development of its coronavirus vaccine. Following the news, Piper Sand...Read More
Boeing announced it will resume production next weekAmid the COVID-19 pandemic, it's an understatement to say the airline sector is taking a massive hit. The order book of jet makers and their deliveries has been impacted immensely, with Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) suffering a reported 313 cancellations mixed between contract terminations and future cancellations. Despite this, the aerospace giant plans...Read More
IBM is seeing resistance at the descending 40-day moving averageShares of blue-chip IBM (NYSE:IBM) are up 2.8% this afternoon, last seen at $118.89. The equity has been inching its way higher from its March 23, 11-year low of $90.56, and is now up 7% for the month of April. Today's gains has the tech name attempting yet another rebound close back above the 40-day moving average, a feat made just t...Read More
All three indexes are on track for their first back-to-back weekly gains in over a monthDespite paring bigger gains, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) looks like it will end the week on a positive note, up nearly 400 points at midday. The Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) are both joining the Dow in the black, as optimism over a possible COVID-19 treatment eases Wall Stre...Read More
Oil plunged to an 18-year lowWall Street was all over the place this week, in a volatile stretch indicative of where the world is at right now. The Dow kicked off the week alternating between triple-digit losses and gains. The only model of consistency was the Nasdaq, earlier in the week logging its first four-day win streak since early February. Commodities joined in on the roller-coasted action...Read More
A report was released that Gilead Sciences' COVID-19 treatment is workingShares of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) are surging, last seen up 10.6%, at $84.66, after an encouraging report suggested the biotech company's antiviral medication remdesivir may be effective at treating patients with severe cases of COVID-19. Conversely, there is some pessimism surrounding these findings, with Baird i...Read More
Volvo Cars announced on Friday April 17 that it will restart production at its plant in Torslanda, Sweden, on April 20 after several weeks of suspended activity under lockdown measures brought in to help stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.The company closed three sites in Sweden on March 26, which it originally planned to reopen on April 14.Volvo's plant in Ghent, Belgium, will also reopen o...Read More
Gold COT Report - FuturesLarge SpeculatorsCommercialTotalLongShortSpreadingLongShortLongShort286,61734,11633,338116,839397,247436,794464,701Change from Prior Reporting Period 6,7373,1783,517-2,0462,7518,2089,446Traders19566684954275160 Small Speculators (C) GoldSeek.com LongShortOpen Interest 53,17125,264489,965 1,7074699,915 non reportable positionsChange from the pr...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinGold will react to Trump's new conference (just after this recording). Re-opening will be different, varying over the nation and economy. Health care near year's highs.Gold's short-term giving up gains. Swing-line down, bull's don't want to see..Read More
Focus is on how the world will move once the various nations open up. Gold and silver will break free from the recent range trade and form a new range. No need to worry. I will prefer till next week and then make decide on whether to make a new investment in gold or wait. In the short term selected stocks will give a much better return than gold. Silver should outperform gold as prices moves sho...Read More
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RF reported earnings below Wall Street's estimatesRegions Financial Corp (NYSE:RF) shares are shaking off a less-than-stellar first-quarter earnings report, up 5.8% to trade at $9.37, at last check. The company reported adjusted first-quarter earnings of 14 cents per share on $1.41 billion in revenue, lower than analysts' anticipated 23 cents per share and $1.46 billion. On the charts, Regions Fin...Read More
Sales of passenger cars in the EU tumbled by 55.14% year-on-year in March 2020, making it the third consecutive month to show a decline.New car sales in Europe totalled 567,308 vehicles in March 2020, down from 1,264,569 units sold in the corresponding month of 2019, the European Automotive Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Friday April 17."The EU passenger car market recorded a...Read More
Oil prices are the only grim mover todayAfter yesterday's roller-coaster session, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are poised for one last surge higher this week. There's optimism on Wall Street afterGilead Sciences' (GILD) remdesivir -- an experimental treatment for coronavirus -- is reportedly making progress, lending hope that businesses can begin to ramp up activity quicker-than-exp...Read More
Prices for flat steel in Turkey were mixed in the week to Friday April 17, with some prices moving higher and others lower, while demand improved slightly from last week, market participants said.Demand strengthened because stocks among buyers were low, Turkish sources said.Scrap prices continued to increase during the week on reduced availability. Fastmarkets' daily index for steel scrap, HMS 1&2...Read More
China's crude steel output edged up in the first quarter while finished steel production fell slightly, according to data released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday April 17.January-March output Crude steel: 234.45 million tonnes, up by 1.2% from a year earlier Hot metal: 199.74 million tonnes, up by 2.4% year on yearFinished steel: 267.42 million tonnes, down by 1.6%...Read More
Member mills of the China Iron & Steel Association (Cisa) raised their steel and hot-metal output rates in early April from the preceding 11 days, while the pace of decline for their finished steel inventories slowed down, according to data released on Friday April 17April 1-10 outputCrude steel: 1.95 million tonnes per day, up by 6.5%Finished steel: 1.82 million tpd, down by...Read More