One of the three attackers who killed seven people near London Bridge on Saturday night was previously investigated by British security services but had not been viewed as a serious threat, British police said on Monday.Khuram Shazad Butt, aged 27, was a British citizen born in Pakistan, who was already known to police and Britain's domestic spy agency MI5, London's police force said."However, the...Read More
Gold prices scored a second-straight session of gains Monday, holding ground at a six-week high as global markets absorbed weekend terrorist attacks in London and investors awaited the outcome of the European Central Bank meeting and U.K. general election later this week. August gold GCQ7, +0.08% rose $2.50, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,282.70 an ounce-the highest since April 21, according to FactSet...Read More
President Donald Trump will not invoke executive privilege to block former FBI Director James Comey's scheduled testimony before Congress this week, the White House said on Monday."In order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey's scheduled testimony," White H...Read More
By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence WhiteLONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland is refusing to raise its offer to shareholders still suing the bank over its 2008 share sale, sources with knowledge of the matter said, leaving the claimants in a race to raise 3 million pounds ($3.9 million) to proceed with the case.Chief Executive Ross McEwan told shareholders they face a take-it-or-leave it...Read More
(Recasts with police investigation of leaked emails)By Mfuneko Toyana and TJ StrydomJOHANNESBURG, June 5 (Reuters) - South Africa's elite police unit opened an inquiry on Monday after thousands of emails relating to alleged fraud in awarding government contracts were leaked, adding to a graft scandal that has deepened splits in the ruling African National Congress.Last week, AmaBhungane, a non-pr...Read More
(Kitco News) - Investors continueto take a cavalier attitude to economic risks, piling into equities, but onemajor gold fund sees the market at an important precipice that could benefitthe yellow metal.In itsannual In Gold We Trust report, managers at Incrementum AG warned thatinvestors are ignoring growing risks of a recession or the potential for theU.S. economy to fall into a stagflation scena...Read More
(Adds background)BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has offered Greece's European creditors a way out of their impasse over Athens' debts that would allow the euro zone to release a tranche of aid later this month.The IMF believes Greece needs a debt haircut, which Germany rejects. Lagarde suggested agreeing a deal whereby the IMF would stay...Read More
MONTEVIDEO, June 5 (Reuters) - Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 0.13 percent in May from the prior month, government data showed on Monday, bringing the country's 12-month inflation rate to 5.58 percent. That marked the third straight month in which inflation was in the central bank's target range of 3 to 7 percent. The 12-month rate entered the target range for the first time since 2010 in March.(...Read More
* Graphic: Sterling and gilt yields * Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 * Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote (re-leads, updates prices)By Ritvik Carvalho and Jemima KellyLONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Sterling rose to its highest in ten days against the dollar on Monday, with investors taking comfort from a opinion poll that gave Britain's ruling Conservative Party a comfortable lead ahe...Read More
MOSCOW -- Polyus PJSC, Russia's largest gold producer, announced a return Monday to the London Stock Exchange following a two-year hiatus. The company said the offering would comprise at least 7% of its issued share capital. Polyus has a market capitalization of $9.9 billion on the Moscow Exchange. The company delisted in 2015 to ensure its eligibility to bid for the Sukhoi Log deposit, one of the...Read More
The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Friday despite signs that US jobs growth is slowing down and that expansion of the world's largest economy remains stuck around the 1% level."Following the notion of mean reversion, we should be seeing attractive investment opportunities"In contrast the S&P GSCI All Commodities index is flat so far in 2017 although prices for energy, m...Read More
The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Friday despite signs that US jobs growth is slowing down and that expansion of the world's largest economy remains stuck around the 1% level."Following the notion of mean reversion, we should be seeing attractive investment opportunities"In contrast the S&P GSCI All Commodities index is flat so far in 2017 although prices for energy, m...Read More
* Herbalife falls after cutting current-quarter forecast* Apple slips after rating cut; top drag on all three indexes* Oil prices fall after Arab states cut ties with Qatar* Indexes down: Dow 0.02 pct, S&P 0.07 pct, Nasdaq 0.13 pct (Updates to early afternoon)By Tanya AgrawalJune 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street edged lower in early afternoon trading on Monday as Apple weighed on all the three major inde...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices were ending the U.S. day session modestly higher and hit a six-week high Monday. Geopolitical developments in the Middle East and an increasingly bullish near-term technical posture are prompting trader and investor buying interest. Gold prices are now within striking distance of the key $1,300.00 mark. August Comex gold was last up $1.70 an ounce at $1,281.90. July Come...Read More
BERLIN, June 5 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has offered Greece's European creditors a way out of their impasse over Athens' debts that would allow the euro zone to release a tranche of aid later this month.The IMF believes Greece needs a debt haircut, which Germany rejects. Lagarde suggested agreeing a deal whereby the IMF would stay on board in the b...Read More
CAIRO, June 5 (Reuters) - The Central Bank of Egypt said on Monday that it had issued no instructions to halt the buying or selling of the Qatari riyal.There would be no restrictions on exchanging the Qatari currency to Egyptian pounds or any foreign currencies, the bank said in a statement.Egypt was one of four Arab nations to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday, along with Saudi Arabia, Uni...Read More
Decline, Deterioration, and Bear WarningsBy Dennis SlothowerWritten Saturday, June 3, 2017Trump Rejects Climate PactThe stock market responded favorably to the President's announcement that the United States will be pulling out of the Paris Climate Pact that benefits countries like China and India at the expense of the U.S.Whether you agree or disagree with the President's decision, the financial...Read More
* LME/ShFE arb: (Adds closing prices)By Maytaal AngelLONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Copper fell on Monday, extending last month's losses, as the dollar recovered and investors eyed an increase in Shanghai inventories, while zinc tracked renewed weakness in steel markets.Data on Friday showed copper inventories in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 4.9 percent on the week, marki...Read More
Where Will The Big Money Be Made? There are some conclusions here we do not agree with. But SRSrocco does fine work, and since we are in data intake mode ourselves, all ideas must be noted, and many of the ones here are good. Notably the energy costs for mining these crpyto's and how that affects their scalability. One other thing, the author is on board identifying that these are not 'safety...Read More
(Rewrites after share price jump, adds context)By Nicole MordantJune 5 (Reuters) - Canada's Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd said on Monday it had agreed to buy a precious metals portfolio from U.S. private equity firm Orion Mine Finance Group for C$1.13 billion ($839.40 million), sending its shares up 10 percent. The transaction is "transformative" for Quebec-based Osisko as it increases its portfolio...Read More