• The precious metal trimmed a part of its daily gains to $1250 area and is currently placed at the lower end of an intraday ascending trend-channel formation. Gold 15-mins. chart • Looking at a slightly higher time-frame (1-hourly chart), the commodity has been showing resilience below 50-hour SMA and near a short-term ascending trend-line. 1...Read More
However, don't give up hope for a Santa Claus rallyDecember -- a historically bullish month -- started out rough for U.S. stocks, amidmixed signals on U.S.-China trade relations, concerns about bond yields and oil prices, and a high-profile arrest, just to name a few reasons. In fact, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) was down 4.44% as of yesterday's close, which marked the fifth trading session of the mont...Read More
Last month, we suggested the gold market faced one of two scenarios. The first was the case where the Fed came to the conclusion this month that it would have to stop tightening. The second was the scarier situation where the Fed continued to press ahead with its tightening mantra until something broke, such as the stock market.Based on recent comments by FOMC chairman Jerome Powell, the Fed seem...Read More
The shares have found support at their 80-day trendline and +10% YTD return Taco Bell parent Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) has shown resiliency during the recent broad-market sell-off, with all pullbacks since mid-October neatly contained by the stock's rising 80-day moving average. What's more, the security found a new layer of support at its +10% year-to-date return during last week's retreat fro...Read More
South African gold output contracted for a 13th consecutive month in October, the longest streak of declines in six years, as the industry battles unprofitable mines and labor strikes.Gold production declined 15.1 percent from a year earlier, the Pretoria-based statistics office said Tuesday in a statement on its website. Total mining output rose 0.5 percent.Key insights:Dwindling output has cut g...Read More
The brokerage firm initiated coverage with an "outperform" ratingLeerink initiated coverage on CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) with an "outperform" rating and $100 price target -- a 36.4% premium to last night's close. The brokerage firm called concerns over the company's in-house pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) exaggerated, and waxed optimistic over CVS' cost savings forecast following its Aetna buyou...Read More
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining (ASX:NMC) is betting big on Chile's geological gold potential by closing two deals with exploration juniors in the South American country, the world's top copper producer.The Melbourne-based company kicked off the week by signing an option agreement with Canada's Cornerstone Capital (TSX-V:CGP), which could result in the gold miner acquiring up to a 75% int...Read More
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining (ASX:NMC) is betting big on Chile's geological gold potential by closing two deals with exploration juniors in the South American country, the world's top copper producer.The Melbourne-based company kicked off the week by signing an option agreement with Canada's Cornerstone Capital (TSX-V:CGP), which could result in the gold miner acquiring up to a 75% int...Read More
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining (ASX:NMC) is betting big on Chile's geological gold potential by closing two deals with exploration juniors in the South American country, the world's top copper producer.The Melbourne-based company kicked off the week by signing an option agreement with Canada's Cornerstone Capital (TSX-V:CGP), which could result in the gold miner acquiring up to a 75% int...Read More
Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining (ASX:NMC) is betting big on Chile's geological gold potential by closing two deals with exploration juniors in the South American country, the world's top copper producer.The Melbourne-based company kicked off the week by signing an option agreement with Canada's Cornerstone Capital (TSX-V:CGP), which could result in the gold miner acquiring up to a 75% int...Read More
Some of the world's biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit.The world's biggest oil, natural gas and mining companies are stepping up their campaign to deploy carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as way to slow global warming. But with a potential $90-billion-a-year price tag, it's too rich for them to do it on their own.The technology siphons...Read More
TRV's 200-day moving average has been resistance for monthsTravelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) is trading up 0.9% this morning at $124.18, trying to overcome a bear note out of RBC. The brokerage firm downgraded the insurance giant to "sector perform" from "outperform" and dropped its price target to $133 from $143. Citing the California wildfires and Hurricane Michael, RBC lowered its fourth-quart...Read More
ENTX is on track to trade near its late-October highsThe shares of Entera Bio Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENTX) are up 26.3% in electronic trading, after the biotech name announced a licensing deal with Amgen (AMGN) to collaborate on oral treatments for inflammatory diseases and other serious illnesses. Entera will receive up to $270 million in milestone payments, and will retain all property rights to its oral...Read More
Trump tweeted about "productive conversations" with BeijingFollowing Monday's volatile session, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures are trading more than 375 points above fair value this morning on news of fresh trade talks between Washington and Beijing. In addition to an overnight phone call between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Chine...Read More
Getty ImagesMorning Glory Diner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The numbers: The National Federation of Independent Business small-business optimism index fell 2.6 points in November to a seasonally adjusted level of 104.8, the lowest in seven months. Most of the decline coming from expectations about future sales and business conditions. What happened: No components of the index gained during...Read More
GABORONE - Mowana Mine, Botswana's only operating copper mine, has suspended operations due to working capital constraints which has seen the company fail to pay salaries and suppliers, it said on Tuesday.Mowana had a conditional $4 million working capital facility from Fujax Minerals and Energy Limited, from which it had drawn down $1 million.Copper prices on the international market have been re...Read More
GABORONE - Mowana Mine, Botswana's only operating copper mine, has suspended operations due to working capital constraints which has seen the company fail to pay salaries and suppliers, it said on Tuesday.Mowana had a conditional $4 million working capital facility from Fujax Minerals and Energy Limited, from which it had drawn down $1 million.Copper prices on the international market have been re...Read More
Fred Imbert| @foimbertPublished 16 Hours AgoUpdated2 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Citi's top strategist says this is why he's betting on the bulls into the end of the year and beyond 2 Hours Ago |04:31 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower on Tuesday after alternating between gains and losses throughout the session in the latest bout of market volatility.Th...Read More
The 64-week moving average for AAPL just switched roles to act as resistanceIt wasn't that long ago that Wall Street was celebrating Apple's (AAPL) record-setting incursion into trillion-dollar market cap territory -- and so the spate of recent headlines (perhaps colored with the faintest tint of Schadenfreude?) crowing that Microsoft (MSFT) had now surpassed its cooler, upscale rival in terms of...Read More
Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) announced today that it has expanded its holdings in Western Australia by completing the formalities on an option over the Youanmi lithium project, located in the Archean Yilgarn Block, 450 kilometres north-east of Perth.In a media statement, Lithium Australia said that the project consists of three exploration licences that were secured through completion of a binding...Read More