* Dow, S&P up with Nasdaq flat as Apple pares losses* United Tech decline weighs on Dow* Materials weak; defensives outperformNov 27 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of U.S. equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Chuck Mikolajczak. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: charles.mikolajczak.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.n...Read More
* Indexes marginally higher; Apple pares losses* United Tech decline weighs on Dow* Materials, industrials weak; defensives outperformNov 27 - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of U.S. equity markets brought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Chuck Mikolajczak. Reach him on Messenger to share your thoughts on market moves: charles.mikolajczak.thomsonreuters.com@reute...Read More
* Car makers lead losers* STOXX retreats from one-week high, down 0.2 pct* Thomas Cook (NS:THOM) tanks after another profit warning (Adds quotes, context)By Danilo Masoni and Julien PonthusMILAN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Tuesday after a new threat by Washington to impose more tariffs on Chinese products and fears the trade war could spread to Europe after a report in Germany of p...Read More
MILAN, Nov 27 (Reuters) - European shares fell in morning deals on Tuesday as the focus turned to possible developments in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute after a fresh threat from Washington to impose tariffs on more Chinese imports, while Thomas Cook (NS:THOM) tanked on a profit warning.The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX benchmark was down 0.3 percent by 0822 GMT, pulling back from the one-week high...Read More
(Updates with company news and futures)Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points lower at 7,027 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers, with FTSE 100 futures FFIc1 roughly flat ahead of the market open.* OIL: Oil slipped on Tuesday, pulled down by record Saudi Arabian production even as OPEC's top producer pushes for supply cuts ahead of the group's m...Read More
Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 9 points lower at 7,027 points on Tuesday, according to financial bookmakers.* OIL: Oil markets were trading cautiously on Tuesday, with mixed signals from top exporter Saudi Arabia ahead of an OPEC meeting in Austria next week. International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were down 0.3 percent at $60.30 per barrel as at 0530 GMT. GO...Read More
Europe's largest copper smelter Aurubis has shut three of its four copper smelters for unplanned maintenance, the company acknowledged today.The plants in Hamburg, Pirdrop and Luenen have a combined annual production capacity of 990,000 tonnes or 3.5% of world output.Shares in Aurubis are down by 16% since the smelting company announced yesterday that third-quarter profits would be materially affe...Read More
Comex copper prices remained under-pressure Tuesday morning in the US amid reduced trading activity, a stronger dollar and anticipation over Chinese and US leaders' meeting in Argentina later this week.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange in the United States declined 2.40 cents to $2.7315 per lb. Ahead of the G20 meeting in Argent...Read More
The refined tin market, worth around $7.5 billion per year, could be in a position to benefit from a glut of technological applications over the next decade.But if it hopes to become a competitive commodity of choice, market participants have indicated that there is a need for price stability and steadiness in supply flows.According to leading industry specialists who attended the 7th annual Inter...Read More
Global miner Anglo American is optimistic about its copper production in Chile for years to come, it said on Tuesday November 27. The company has raised or tightened upward its output guidance figures for the period from now until 2020.Copper production will be around 660,000 tonnes in 2018, at the higher end of the previous estimate of 630,000-660,000 tonnes, Anglo said. In 2019, output is now ex...Read More
BHP has found what it claims is a potential new copper mineralised system near its existing Olympic Dam mine in Australia, it said in a release dated Tuesday November 27.Results from the initial drilling show that downhole mineralization intercepts with copper ore grades ranging from 0.5% to 6%. Gold, uranium and silver deposits were also abundant in the results, the company said, adding that it w...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Wednesday November 28.Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were lower at the close of trading on Tuesday November 27, with the three-month tin contract hitting its lowest point since August 2016 due to strength in the dollar index. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:BHP has foun...Read More
Steelmakers in Colombia requested that their government conduct a safeguarding investigation into imports of rebar from all origins earlier this month.The request for an investigation was submitted to the ministry of trade, industry and tourism on November 1. Interested parties were required to send in relevant comments by November 23. The request included only imports from countries with which Co...Read More
The sentiment in the CIS export billet market continued to become more depressed on Tuesday November 27 amid growing pressure from China.The Chinese domestic billet price has dropped by 310 yuan ($45) per tonne since the beginning of the week, reaching 3,120 yuan ($450) per tonne ex-works on November 27.The drop in the domestic price made the export market more attractive to Chinese suppliers, wit...Read More
Import prices for flat steel products into South America fell last week after low offers - driven by persistent weakness in the Chinese flat steel market - continued to arrive at South American coasts.Fastmarkets MB's weekly import price assessment for hot-rolled coil in South America was $540-550 per tonne cfr on Friday November 23, compared with $550-560 per tonne cfr in the week prior. Market p...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, hot-dipped galvanized coil, pre-painted galvanized iron, steel plate, steel sheet and other flat steel products. Latest transactions: HRC, CRC, HDGHot-rolled coilChina, export, hot-rolled coil, offered at $520-530 per tonne cfr, to Saudi Arabia.India, export, hot-rolled coil, offered at $540 per tonne cf...Read More
The latest bids, offers and deals in the global markets for steel billet, slab and bloom. Latest transactions: billetBillet China, export, billet, offered at $460...Read More
Domestic and import rebar prices in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were mostly stable this week but weak demand pressured billet import prices lower.Buying was weak again because of high stocks and the expectation of more price falls, sources told Fastmarkets MB on Tuesday November 27.Domestic rebarThe country's largest producer, Emirates Steel, is still offering rebar at 2,016 dirhams ($549) per...Read More
Chrome ore and ferro-chrome markets were subdued in China in the week ended Friday November 23 ahead of December ferro-chrome tender announcements. UG2 prices hold in ChinaCharge chrome import prices hold in China, domestic alloy prices edge lowerAlloy prices hold in Japan, weaken in South KoreaAlloy prices continue lower in Europe Chrome ore and ferro-chrome prices were largely stable in China o...Read More
Fastmarkets MB proposes to launch an assessment of chrome ore inventories at the main Chinese ports of Tianjin, Qinzhou, Lianyungang and Shanghai to monitor the changes to stock flows of this raw material and help market participants better understand supply and demand in the physical market. The rapid accumulation in Chinese chrome ore inventory this year put pressure on chrome prices as well as...Read More