Pinterest's trading debut could also make noiseEarnings season heats up next week with a slew of Dow names on the docket. American Express (AXP), Goldman Sachs (GS), IBM (IBM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and UnitedHealth (UNH) are among the blue chips set to report. Also ready to report will be streaming name Netflix (NFLX) and Coke rival PepsiCo (PEP). Housing starts, retail sales, and a handful o...Read More
It's been a stormy month for benchmark coal prices in Asia, with the potential for reverberations across the globe.A double whammy of Chinese import curbs and collapsing gas prices in Europe have whacked Australian thermal coal, at a time when demand weakens after the winter heating season and Asian buyers typically shut power plants for maintenance.While the International Monetary Fund this week...Read More
BBBY shares are slumping after the retailer reported earningsThe shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) are slumping this morning, after the home furnishings retailer reported a wider-than-anticipated 1.4% drop in same-store sales for the fiscal fourth quarter. BBBY also said current-quarter per-share profit will arrive between 7 cents and 12 cents, well below the consensus 29 cents per sh...Read More
Shares of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (TSX and NASDAQ: MPVD) surged on Thursday after releasing its latest mineral resource estimates at the Faraday 2 kimberlite, located within the Kennady North Project, NWT, Canada. The stock rebounded by more than 12% at the open in Toronto, lifting the company's market capitalization to over C$256 million.The updated inferred mineral resource at Faraday 2...Read More
Shares of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (TSX and NASDAQ: MPVD) surged on Thursday after releasing its latest mineral resource estimates at the Faraday 2 kimberlite, located within the Kennady North Project, NWT, Canada. The stock rebounded by more than 12% at the open in Toronto, lifting the company's market capitalization to over C$256 million.The updated inferred mineral resource at Faraday 2...Read More
APOG stock is on the short-sale restricted list todayShares of glass maker Apogee Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:APOG) are struggling on the charts, after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that fell below analysts' expectations. The company said harsh winter weather disrupting some manufacturing locations was a factor in slowing business, and Apogee issued full-year earnings below...Read More
Growing sovereign support will keep gold price buoyant in 2019.Short-term, gold is on the cusp of another confirmed breakout.Gold stocks, however, are still in a position of relative weakness.The rise of official institutional involvement in the gold market, mainly in the form of central bank demand, will be one of the key factors behind gold's continued recovery in 2019. That assessment is now sh...Read More
Santiago - China's Tianqi Lithium Corp has come to an agreement over the governance of Chilean miner SQM with key shareholder Pampa Group, easing away from hostilities over control of the world's second-biggest producer of lithium.Tianqi's $4.1 billion purchase of a 23.77% stake in SQM, which mines lithium used in electric vehicle batteries, went through in December, but the Chinese firm has faced...Read More
Precious metals miner Fresnillo reported a fall in first-quarter production on Thursday, calling it "slightly weaker than anticipated" but sticking to output targets for the year as spending on tackling operational issues paid off.Silver output slipped 14.8 percent to 13.1 million ounces in the three months ended March 31, mainly due to lower grades of ore and lower ore throughput, Fresnillo said....Read More
Precious metals miner Fresnillo reported a fall in first-quarter production on Thursday, calling it "slightly weaker than anticipated" but sticking to output targets for the year as spending on tackling operational issues paid off.Silver output slipped 14.8 percent to 13.1 million ounces in the three months ended March 31, mainly due to lower grades of ore and lower ore throughput, Fresnillo said....Read More
The drug stock is ripe for a short squeeze, tooThe shares of Viking Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VKTX) are up 7.5% to trade at $10.89 this morning after the pharma company's non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NASH) drug met the main goals for its mid-stage study. On the charts, the stock has been churning below the $9.50 level for most of 2019. The shares gapped higher in late March after an ambitio...Read More
The global nickel market and its key growth sector, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, will face grave supply shortages unless key Chinese-led projects in Indonesia start up in a timely and cost-effective manner, analysts said on Thursday.The outlook, issued by delegates attending an industry gathering, comes after China's Tsingshan Group last year surprised the market with a low-cost estimate and s...Read More
The March PPI was released earlierDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are struggling for direction this morning, with traders taking a cautious stance before the start of first-quarter earnings season, which unofficially kicks off tomorrow with an onslaught of big bank earnings. At last check, the blue-chip index was signaling a modestly higher open, after the Wall Street Journal indicated...Read More
Securing enough nickel is a major worry for electric vehicle firms, an executive from Chinese electric car and battery maker BYD Co Ltd said on Thursday, adding that the company would welcome joint ventures that help guarantee supply. Nickel is one of several metals that are key components of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. A shift in battery chemistry towards higher nickel content, which would a...Read More
Shareholders in US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have almost unanimously approved the miner's proposed $10B takeover of Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), a deal that creates the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, robbing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.Almost 98% of the votes were in favour of the transaction, which was first announced in Ja...Read More
Shareholders in US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have almost unanimously approved the miner's proposed $10B takeover of Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), a deal that creates the world's largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, robbing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.Almost 98% of the votes were in favour of the transaction, which was first announced in Ja...Read More
Australia's Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, Karen Andrews, announced the approval of a Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) at Curtin University in Perth. Andrews also said her office will commit A$25 million in funding.CRC is a national collaboration between 58 industry, government and research partners, together pitching in additional A$28 million. T...Read More
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) issued a media statement announcing the Environmental Evaluation Service's approval of the drill work carried out on the company's Vizcachitas project in Chile during 2015-2017.Even though the campaign had already taken place, Los Andes Copper said it had to resort to the Environment Service office because, in April 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affair...Read More
Los Andes Copper (TSXV: LA) issued a media statement announcing the Environmental Evaluation Service's approval of the drill work carried out on the company's Vizcachitas project in Chile during 2015-2017.Even though the campaign had already taken place, Los Andes Copper said it had to resort to the Environment Service office because, in April 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affair...Read More
* Dollar index rises on positive U.S. data * Lead hits three-month low * GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Adds closing prices)By Eric OnstadLONDON, April 11 (Reuters) - Copper fell on Thursday on astronger dollar and worries about a global slowdown while leadtouched its lowest in more than three months on concern thatweak auto sales would dampen demand for car batteries.The decline in copper came afte...Read More