There are two critical numbers that gold investors and traders need to watch carefully for signs of support: fifty and fifty. The first critical number represents gold’s 50-day moving average. The second critical number represents a 50% retracement of the most recent rally. Interestingly enough, these two numbers intersect at roughly the same price point in gold.Market technicians utilize th...Read More
LIMA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Peru's central bank held the benchmark interest rate at 3 percent as expected on Thursday, but noted that economic growth was still below potential after its 25-basis point rate cut last month.Nine analysts had predicted the rate hold in a Reuters poll this week, with the remaining three analysts forecasting a fresh reduction to 2.75 percent. The central bank cited disappoi...Read More
* Asia's pain threshold is when 10-year U.S. Treasuries hit 3 pct* Real-money investors worry more about longer-term dollar funding* Goldilocks scenario at risk from rising inflation expectations By Vidya RanganathanSINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - If this week's selloff in global equity markets is any guide, then Asia's frothy debt and stock markets have reason to be on edge over the steady rise in...Read More
(Kitco News) - Current market conditions and gold prices suggest the metal is about to breakout, says one former Bear Stearns analyst.“[I]t looks to me like it could now get really exciting for gold bulls,” Jesse Felder, publisher of the Felder Report investment newsletter, said in a report released Thursday.“On the weekly chart there is now a clear head and shoulders bottom patt...Read More
* Dow, S&P 500 down more than 10 pct from Jan. 26 record highs* Bond yields add to rate worries* BOE's hawkish message lifts sterling, gilt yields* Sentiment in stock markets remains frail (Updates with closing U.S. markets' levels)By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The selloff in world stock indexes deepened on Thursday, with the fall in U.S. stocks confirming a correction fo...Read More
(Releads with result of equity placement)By Alan CharlishFeb 8 (Reuters) - Umicore SA said on Thursday it raised 892 million euros($1.09 billion) in an equity placement which will be used in part to fund investments in its fast-growing rechargeable battery materials business.The new shares, which represent 10 percent of the number of outstanding shares prior to the transaction, were sold at 39.80...Read More
* Canadian dollar at C$1.2601 or 79.36 U.S. cents* Bond prices largely higher across yield curve (Adds quote, updates prices)Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar touched a six-week low against the greenback on Thursday as oil prices tumbled and a renewed sell-off in domestic and U.S. stock markets prompted investors to proceed with caution.Commodity-linked currencies, such as the Canadian dollar...Read More
By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Many of the stocks that have gotten off most lightly during the waves of selling on Wall Street this week are those standing to benefit from consumers with more buying power, like Amazon.com and Netflix . The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index's 4 percent drop on Thursday was worse than the S&P 500's 3.75 percent fall, but over the past w...Read More
Dr. Morgan Poliquin reportsALMADEX RECEIVES FINAL EL COBRE ASSAYS FROM 2017Almadex Minerals Ltd.has received the final assay results from the final 2017 drill holes EC-17-043 (Raya Tembrillo) and EC-17-044 (El Porvenir). The Raya Tembrillo area is the very northern part of the large Villa Rica zone of the El Cobre property and is located approximately two kilometres south of the Norte zone, where...Read More
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. fund investors sucked $23.9 billion out of the stock market during the most recent week, marking the largest withdrawals from those funds on record, Lipper data showed on Thursday.The withdrawals from U.S.-based equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds took place during the week ended Feb. 7, according to the research service. Their records date back to 1992....Read More
By Karl PlumeCHICAGO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Cheap U.S. corn prices, a weaker dollar and concerns about South American production have revived slumping U.S. corn exports that just a month ago appeared to be limping toward their steepest year-on-year slide in a decade.U.S. corn futures scaled to a 5-1/2 month high on Thursday on the robust demand, which is likely to continue through the spring and may s...Read More
(Adds details, stocks, updates prices)Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index tumbled on Thursday, ending at its lowest level in nearly five months as a sell-off on Wall Street deepened and as a drop in oil prices hit energy shares.* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended down 264.97 points, or 1.73 percent, at 15,065.61.* After trading little changed earlier in the se...Read More
The Dow made another outsized move today, eventually spiraling to a 1,000-point loss and entering correction territory. It was a similar setup on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, too, which each lost more than 3%. Stocks were againrocked bya big spike in volatility, with the VIX jumping back atop the 30 handle. The risk-off session was sparked by more fears of rising interest rates -- with the 10-year Trea...Read More
* Dollar's bounce peters out on renewed market volatility* Higher U.S. Treasury yields underpin dollar* Dollar rebound likely unsustainable this year - poll (Updates market action, adds quote)By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Richard LeongNEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The dollar was little changed on Thursday against a basket of currencies in choppy trading, fading from a two-week high asinvestors red...Read More
By Nichola SaminatherTORONTO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canadian regulators on Thursday reiterated their call for listed cannabis producers with U.S. businesses to clearly disclose risks of operating there, and warned of potential punishment if U.S. federal anti-marijuana laws are more strictly enforced.The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) staff notice said stricter U.S. enforcement could result i...Read More
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to open substantially weaker on Friday, tracking a tumble on Wall Street as investors remained on edge amid several volatile sessions.Major indexes in the United States fell about 2 percent in late afternoon trading. The local share price index futures plunged 119 points to 5,694, a 196.7-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close....Read More
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index tumbled on Thursday, closing at its lowest in nearly five months as a sell-off on Wall Street deepened and as a drop in oil prices hit energy shares. * The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended down 265.03 points, or 1.73 percent, at 15,065.55. (Reporting by Leah Schnurr in Ottawa; Editing by James Dalgleish) Disclaimer: The views e...Read More
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks plunged anew on Thursday in another trading session with big swings, as equities remained in a tug-of-war with bond yields, volatility remained high, and investors saw no relief ahead in finding the bottom of the market.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,032.89 points, or 4.15 percent, to 23,860.46, the S&P 500 lost 100.58 points, or 3.75 percent, t...Read More
* US stocks sink; Dow down 3 pct* Bond yields add to rate worries* BOE's hawkish message lifts sterling, gilt yields* Sentiment in stock markets remains frail* Oil falls as US output soars, N Sea supply restarts (Updates with oil price settlements)By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Stocks in world indexes fell again on Thursday, with major U.S. indexes dropping more than 3 percent...Read More
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Brazil's Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA decided at a meeting on Thursday that the company will assume more than 11 billion reais ($3.35 billion) of debt from distribution units it is trying to sell, two sources told Reuters.Eletrobras, as the state-run utility is known, will also assume additional possible liabilities from state electricity...Read More