NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell to a more than one-year low on Wednesday, breaching a key support level of $6,000 and causing a wave of selling in the digital currency and other crypto assets in what has been a prolonged market slump that began early this year.Bitcoin fell to as low as $5,533.09 BTC=BTSP on the Bitstamp platform. It was down 9 percent at $5,690.47.“For the last fe...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday, freeing her to tackle the much more perilous struggle of getting parliament to approve the agreement.More than two years after the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a referendum, May told reporters outside her Downing Street residence that she ha...Read More
The brokerage firm said "compelling" evidence is needed to convince investorsIt's a volatile day on Wall Street, with the Dow exploring a 466-point trading range on both sides of breakeven so far. Among individual stocks making big moves are racino operator Empire Resorts Inc (NASDAQ:NYNY), utility name PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), and cancer immunotherapies specialist Jounce Therapeutics Inc (NAS...Read More
History suggests both stocks could revisit record highs next weekEarlier this week, Goldman Sachs chimed in on airline stocks and the its top picks throughout the sector. Two names on the list were United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), which are also flashing bullish signals ahead of Thanksgiving week. United Continental Has Plenty of Room on the Runw...Read More
• The precious metal struggled to register any meaningful recovery and has been consolidating within a narrow trading range, just above one-month lows, forming a rectangular chart pattern on the 1-hourly chart. • A Rectangle is considered as a continuation pattern that marks a pause/consolidation phase, though is not complete until a breakout h...Read More
KEYS could move after earnings next weekKeysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) is scheduled to report earnings after the close on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Below, we will take a look at how KEYS has been fairing on the charts, and see why now may be a good time to bet on the tech name's next leg higher, if history is any indicator. KEYS is up 0.1% at $57.85 in afternoon trading. The stock has been stai...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 dropping for the fifth session in a row, as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) continued to lead a retreat in technology stocks and financials were hit by fears that sector-wide regulations would no longer be eased.Mounting concerns that iPhone sales have hit a wall pushed Apple shares lower for the fifth day in a row. At their session low, shares we...Read More
Gold prices settled higher on Wednesday, marking a modest reversal in selling action that had driven the metal down for seven sessions in the past eight. December gold GCZ8, -0.03% settled at $1,210.10 an ounce, up $8.70, or 0.7%. Tuesday's finish at $1,201.40 was the lowest for a most-active contract since Oct. 10, according to FactSet data. December silver SIZ8, +0.14% tacked on 10.3 cents, o...Read More
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Telecom networks equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) said on Wednesday security concerns about its Chinese rivals and wider trade tensions had not translated into more orders for the Swedish firm’s products.Chief Executive Borje Ekholm also said his firm was investing in new technology for 5G networks to help boost its market share, particularly in China.“There is...Read More
Golden Ridge Resources (TSX-V: GLDN) has completed its option agreement with Lac Properties Inc. (LAC), a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation, and now has a 100% interest in the Hank project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle District.LAC will continue to hold a 2% NSR on the project as well as certain back-in rights. LAC has the option to purchase a 51% interest in the Hank Project upon a m...Read More
Bernstein pegged "troubling" trends at Pinnacle FoodsBernstein downgraded Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:CAG) to "underperform" from "market perform," saying growth in frozen entrees "seems to be running out of steam." The brokerage firm also cited "troubling" trends at Pinnacle Foods, which Conagra bought earlier this year. In reaction, CAG stock is down 6.8% at $32.72 -- earlier hitting a new annual l...Read More
Stephanie Landsman| @stephlandsmanPublished 11 Hours AgoUpdated10 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Wells Fargo turns bullish on gold, sees near-term gains 4:47PM ET Tue, 13 Nov 2018 |02:20 With gold trading around one-month lows, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute is getting bullish.John LaForge, the firm's head of real asset strategy, sees gold regaining its luster and deliv...Read More
Stephanie Landsman| @stephlandsmanPublished 11 Hours AgoUpdated10 Hours AgoCNBC.com show chapters Wells Fargo turns bullish on gold, sees near-term gains 4:47PM ET Tue, 13 Nov 2018 |02:20 With gold trading around one-month lows, the Wells Fargo Investment Institute is getting bullish.John LaForge, the firm's head of real asset strategy, sees gold regaining its luster and deliv...Read More
(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it is now time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in the short-term. Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged next week? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12 PM EDT) along with the results from our market professional survey.Readers can...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro and sterling rose on Wednesday as traders monitor the latest developments between the European Union and Britain on the latter’s departure from the economic bloc, and the EU and Italy on the resubmission of the latter’s 2019 budget.Hopes the U.K. parliament would approve a draft accord for Brexit have bolstered the two currencies, while the euro has been b...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A raft of profit warnings from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) suppliers this week has fueled investor concerns that iPhone sales, in terms of volume, have hit a wall that could spell trouble for the company’s plans to make services its main pillar of growth.For the past year, investors had largely been willing to overlook stagnating unit sales of the iPhone because average sell...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) today announced it has concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM), Solidarity and UASA in respect of wages and conditions of service for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.The agreement allows for increases to the basic wage of Category 4-8 surface and underground employees. Miners, artisans and officials will rec...Read More
Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) today announced it has concluded a three-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (the NUM), Solidarity and UASA in respect of wages and conditions of service for the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021.The agreement allows for increases to the basic wage of Category 4-8 surface and underground employees. Miners, artisans and officials will rec...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Tax enforcement agencies from the United States and four other countries are leading a crackdown on “professional enablers” of international tax fraud, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service head of criminal investigations said on Wednesday.The IRS, via an alliance with Britain, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands set up earlier this year, is pursuing individuals and fi...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service lost almost $4 billion in 2018 even as package deliveries rose, according to results released on Wednesday, giving U.S. President Donald Trump potential ammunition against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), which he claims pays too little for the agency’s services.Trump, without presenting evidence, has attacked Amazon repeatedly over the past year, accus...Read More