Humana stock has struggled to break out since JanuaryHumana Inc (NYSE:HUM) stock is up 6.1%to trade at $285.25, thanks to a Wall Street Journal report last week saying retail giant Walmart (WMT) was in talks to potentially buy the health insurer. A number of analysts believe the move could be in response to Amazon's (AMZN) push into healthcare. Meanwhile, Jefferies thinks such a deal would make s...Read More
(New throughout, updates share price, adds analyst comment,details on board nominees)By Munsif Vengattil and Liana B. BakerApril 2 (Reuters) - Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp onMonday disclosed a 10.3 percent stake in Commvault Systems Inc and nominated four directors to the data softwaredeveloper's board, sending the company's shares up almost 12percent.Elliott, whose new stake makes it one of...Read More
April 2 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened loweron Monday as the energy sector lagged, and China's move toimpose additional duties on U.S. products revived global tradewar concerns.* At 9:33 a.m. ET (1333 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange'sS&P/TSX Composite Index was down 67.96 points, or 0.44percent, to 15,299.33. Nine of the 11 main sectors were in thered. (Reporting by Medha Singh...Read More
TORONTO, April 2 (Reuters) - Hudson's Bay sharesdropped on Monday after the Canadian department store operatorreported security breaches at some of its Saks Fifth Avenue,Saks OFF 5th and Lord & Taylor stores on Sunday.The company's shares fell as much as 6.2 percent and weretrading 5.7 percent lower at C$8.41 as of 9:37 ET (1337 GMT),compared with a 0.2 percent loss on the Toronto stock benchm...Read More
US and North Korea have mutual economic interests in bypassing China through bilateral dialogue that represents a seismic shift of alliances and power dynamics in Asia.Historic US-North Korean summit is the first in a series of near term geopolitical issues that may create powerful volatility in the global markets which have yet to price in.This emerging market uncertainty and volatility represent...Read More
Central banks were net buyers of gold in February and are likelyto remain so, says Standard Chartered. “Appetite to sell was limited,sensitivity to price volatility was muted, and purchases were dominated by asmall number of consistent buyers of size who view gold as a key asset,”Standard says. Russia added 22.8 tonnes of gold to its official reserves,following purchases of 18.9 tonnes...Read More
Central banks were net buyers of gold in February and are likely to remain so, says Standard Chartered. “Appetite to sell was limited, sensitivity to price volatility was muted, and purchases were dominated by a small number of consistent buyers of size who view gold as a key asset,” Standard says. Russia added 22.8 tonnes of gold to its official reserves, following purchases of 18.9 t...Read More
Despite the fact that, through the enactment of new laws and regulations, local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa are starting to claim a larger share of their countries' mineral resource wealth, BMI Research believes that investments in the region will continue to rise in Q3-2018.In an industry overview published today, BMI presents the recent changes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining...Read More
Despite the fact that, through the enactment of new laws and regulations, local governments in Sub-Saharan Africa are starting to claim a larger share of their countries' mineral resource wealth, BMI Research believes that investments in the region will continue to rise in Q3-2018.In an industry overview published today, BMI presents the recent changes to the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining...Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of Chilean state copper company Codelco, Nelson Pizarro, confirmed rumours this weekend that he would stay on at the company's helm even after the country's new President, Sebastian Pi??era, appoints a new chairman and three directors in May.The mining veteran, who took the post in 2014, has played a critical role in the drive to reduce spending and force a reduction in...Read More
RBC upgraded DRI stock, which typically outperforms in the second quarterTwo weeks ago shares of Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) suffered a major post-earnings bear gap, and as a result closed the first quarter down 11.2%. Brokerage firm RBC, however, is viewing this pullback as a buying opportunity, upgrading DRI stock this morning to "outperform" from "sector perform" and...Read More
(Reuters) - Wall Street was set to start the second quarter on a downbeat note on Monday as China’s decision to raise import tariffs on U.S. products revived global trade war fears and technology stocks remained under pressure.Nasdaq futures NQc1 pointed to a 0.8 percent decline at the open as big names including Facebook (FB.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) slipped in premarket trading.China, late on...Read More
China implemented tariffs on a number of U.S. imports todayStock futures are signaling a negative start to the second quarter, after the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and S&P 500 Index (SPX) snapped lengthy quarterly win streaks last Thursday, and the Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) logged its worst monthly loss in years. Today's focus will be back on trade and tech, after China instituted tariffs on...Read More
(Kitco News)- Gold opened the new quarter on renewed buying interest. Gold heldour $1,322 level going into the long weekend and aggressive buying emerged atthe Asian open overnight. The Chinese have shot back and leveled tariffs on 128 U.S. products, which reignited the possibility of a trade war between theworld's two largest economies. The U.S. equity market continues to struggle andthe U.S...Read More
(Kitco News) - Goldrallied Monday as theU.S. dollar and equities weakened, with market participants further encouragedafter the metal held above chart support during a pre-Easter sell-off, traderssaid.However, the early-daymove occurred in exceptionally light volume with markets in many Westernnations still closed for a long Easter weekend, traders pointed out.“Obviously,there is weakness in...Read More
The S&P 500 enters the week just below resistance"The books for 2017 are closed, but as we move into 2018, loyal readers of Monday Morning Outlook are fully aware that the year-end closing levels on major equity, volatility, commodity, and currency benchmarks -- along with their related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) -- could serve as key potential support and resistance levels. This could be the ca...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold opened the new quarter on renewed buying interest. Gold held our $1,322 level going into the long weekend and aggressive buying emerged at the Asian open overnight. The Chinese have shot back and leveled tariffs on 128 U.S. products, which reignited the possibility of a trade war between the world's two largest economies. The U.S. equity market continues to struggle and t...Read More
Gold has been consolidating formonths. In fact, the entire first quarter was traded in a big range. Gold neverbroke out to the upside or broke out to the downside. There have been manyfalse starts in both directions, but each time, gold came to that key moment itreversed and went the other way.There is no end in sight for thiswide consolidation pattern, but it will break out one way or the other;...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese industry body which recommended targeting scrap aluminium in retaliatory trade action against the United States is already exploring what other measures could be taken, an official said on Monday.U.S. scrap aluminium was one of 128 products that China said it was considering for additional tariffs last month, and the Chinese finance ministry late on Sunday confirmed...Read More
WASHINGTON/IXTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Sunday that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming more dangerous.After tweeting a “Happy Easter” message on Twitter, he said: “Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ri...Read More