(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's top government-funded think-tank is studying the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.The research project doesn't reflect an active debate inside the government over whether to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in the near term, the Journal rep...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Thursday and said ongoing strong job gains and household spending had kept the economy on track.“The labor market has continued to strengthen and ... economic activity has been rising at a strong rate,” the Fed said in its latest policy statement, leaving intact its plans to continue raising rates gradually.The...Read More
SBLK is oversold amid this recent pullbackAt last check, Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) was up 2.2% to trade at $10.69. The shipping stock had a rough October along with the rest of the broader equities market, but amid SBLK's recent struggles, one analyst suggests the stock could be on sale at current levels. More specifically, Deutsche Bank earlier today reiterated its "buy" rating and...Read More
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 inched lower on Thursday, as disappointing results from a slew of companies, including Qualcomm Inc, countered gains in bank stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.Among the biggest decliners on the benchmark index were Perrigo Co (PRGO.N), Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN.O) and D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N), all falling on disappointing quarterly results.Q...Read More
KROKOS, Greece (Reuters) - Every autumn, Zisis Kyrou is more often found plucking flowers in northern Greece’s purple saffron fields than in his office as a civil engineer.Saffron - the spice so expensive it’s called “red gold” - has brought jobs and money to a region better known for coal mines and unemployment. A year ago, its producers began exporting to the United State...Read More
• A follow-through USD buying/Fed rate hike expectations kept exerting downward pressure. • The prevalent cautious mood underpins safe-haven demand and helped limit deeper losses. • Investors now eye the latest FOMC monetary policy update for a fresh directional impetus. Gold continued with its steady intraday decline and refres...Read More
Kinross Gold (TSE: K) has released its third quarter results, which indicate company achieved solid production and generated a positive cash flow. The company has operations in Nevada, Brazil, Ghana and Russia and they all performed well, said the company.On the production side, the company produced 586,260 gold equivalent oz. in Q3 2018, compared to 653,993 oz. in the same quarter in 2017. The pr...Read More
Mr. Guy Goulet reports CERRO DE PASCO APPOINTS DAVID SHAW, PH.D TO BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe board of directors of Cerro de Pasco Resources Inc. has appointed Dr. David Shaw, PhD, a highly accomplished independent geological consultant, to the company's board of directors.Dr. David Shaw has in excess of three decades of experience in the resource and finance industries with specific emphasis on techni...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Ukrainians, one Russian and nine entities in Ukraine and Russia, partly for actions related to Moscow's annexation of Crimea, the U.S. Treasury said.One of the entities sanctioned - the Limited Liability Company Southern Project - was linked to Bank Rossiya and Russian businessman Yuri Kovulchuk, the Treasury said in a s...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices arejust modestly lower in early-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday. A rebound in theU.S. dollar index today, following selling pressure this week, worked againstthe precious metals market bulls. The metals markets showed no significantreactions to the just-released FOMC minutes that show no change in U.S.monetary policy. December gold futures were last down $2.50...Read More
(Kitco News)- The gold market, while down on the day, is seeing littlereaction to the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged and setting the stage for another interest rate hike in December.Following its two-day monetary policy meeting, the U.S. central bank left interest rates unchanged within a range between2.00% and 2.25% as expected. However, in its statement, the committee reiterate...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - This week marks the last time Federal Reserve policymakers will set interest rates at a regular policy meeting and not follow it up with a lengthy press conference by the chief of the U.S. central bank to explain and perhaps defend the decision.Starting next year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell will hold a press conference after every one of the Fed’s eight regular meeting...Read More
(Reuters) - A hard-fought race for governor in Georgia remained unresolved on Thursday, two days after U.S. elections, with Democrat Stacey Abrams forming a litigation team for possible legal challenges even as Republican Brian Kemp met with the state’s current governor to begin planning his transition to the office.Kemp declared victory late on Wednesday, hours after the Abrams campaign sai...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday that a hearing planned for Nov. 14 on reports of engine fires involving Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and Kia Motors Corp (000270.KS) vehicles was on hold, but could be rescheduled for a future date.Last month, the committee invited the U.S. chief executives of the two Korean automakers after safety advocates raised concerns...Read More
US mid-term elections are behind us. Surprisingly, both parties won! How is it possible? Let’s read our article and find out! We will also explain what the election results imply for the world and the gold market. Democrats Win The elections were very interesting. We provide you with the key takeaways, focusing on the possible implications for the precious metals. First, Democrats took contr...Read More
(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged lower on Thursday, as weak earnings reports and caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision stalled a rally from the previous session, which was spurred by the outcome for midterm elections.Among the biggest deliners on the S&P 500 were Perrigo Co (PRGO.N), Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN.O) and D.R. Horton Inc (DHI.N), all fallin...Read More
(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) plans to combine its ultra-high-net-worth business and its private bank under one leader, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing an internal memo bloom.bg/2Pmb9h5.The combined unit will be run by someone yet to be named who will report to Jon Weiss, head of wealth and investment management, Bloomberg reported.Wells Fargo was not immediately available for c...Read More
Torex Gold (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) set a new record for gold production in 2018's third quarter.The company produced 100,346 oz. gold in dor?(C) plus 1,135 additional oz. gold in carbon fines. In the first nine months of 2018, the company produced 246,309 oz. gold in dor?(C), with 11,322 additional oz. gold in carbon fines.The company mined at an average grade of 2.6 grams gold per tonne in the...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats on Thursday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate President Donald Trump’s ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling the move an effort to undermine a federal probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day after elections in whic...Read More
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May steps up attempts to court European support for a Brexit deal on Thursday as negotiations on securing a smooth British divorce from the world’s biggest trading bloc enter their final stages.She will meet three other EU leaders in Brussels at a NATO dinner on Thursday and have lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.EU offic...Read More