U.S. stocks have shed early gains, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) down nearly 400 points at midday. Rising Treasury yields are once again in focus, with Caterpillar (CAT) and Intel (INTC) stocks weighing the most on the Dow, and Apple (AAPL) the only blue chip in the black. The S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are also sharply lower, in yet another volatile day of trad...Read More
Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) was one of the biggest losers in the recent market pullback, with J.P. Morgan Securities yesterday suggesting the historic drop in leveraged volatility ETNs will hurt trading volumes going forward. The brokerage firm cited a similar development in 2011 when volatility spiked and VIX trading volumes declined substantially afterward. As such, t...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are holding modest gains inlate-morning action Thursday. The metals are seeing a bit of benefit from U.S.stock indexes that are trading solidly lower on the day, in still-volatileconditions. Still, gains in the metals are being limited by a stableU.S. dollar index after its good gains scored earlier this week. April gold waslast up $2.80 at $1,317.40. March si...Read More
DENVER, /CSRwire/ - Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) (Newmont or the Company) has been recognized for top performance in the mining sector in The Sustainability Yearbook 2018. The Yearbook is published by RobecoSAM, a sustainability investment firm that manages one of the most comprehensive databases of financially material sustainability information in the world. RobecoSAM's assessment...Read More
* ECB calls for broad regulation of virtual currencies* Initial Coin Offerings also need to be controlled* Momentum for global coordination building ahead of G20 (Adds detail, quotes, background)By Marc Jones and Alasdair PalLONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and the banks and financial firms that trade them need to be more closely regulated, one of the ECB's top policymakers...Read More
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's Gold Fields said on Thursday it expects full-year profit to fall as much as 12 percent due to impairments and increased amortisation cost at its mines.The bullion miner flagged headline earnings per share - the main gauge of profit in South Africa - of $0.23 to $0.26 per share for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, or between unchanged and up to 12 percent...Read More
SAO PAULO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Latin American equities fell on Thursday, as local markets continued to mirror global caution following a sell-off in North America and Europe, while fears of more restrictive regional monetary policy also took a toll.Mexico's IPC was the region's biggest loser, falling 0.84 percent, while Chile's blue-chip IPSA index and Colombia's IGBC both fell 0.4 percent. Brazil's...Read More
Trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released this week has again confirmed the importance of the mining industry to the Australian economy and the continuing benefits of the mining boom.In 2017 Australia's resources exports, including minerals, metals and petroleum, posted a new record high value of $207 billion and accounted for 53 per cent of Australia's total goods and services...Read More
Healthcare company athenahealth, Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN) and industrial conglomerate General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) are in the news today, after former GE CEO Jeff Immelt was named chair of athenahealth's board of directors. Immet also purchased $1 million in ATHN common stock at the open. Below, we'll take a closer look at how ATHN and GE stocks are reacting.ATHN Stock Lower After Board Shake-UpA...Read More
(Kitco News) - Kitco aficionados, it isnow time to have your say in where you think gold prices are heading in theshort-term.Will gold prices go higher, lower or remain unchanged nextweek? Kitco readers will have until 9 a.m. EDT, Friday to cast their vote. The results will be tabulated and released after noon (12PM EDT) along with the results fromour market professional survey.Readers can also se...Read More
* Both exports and imports hit all-time highs in 2017* Vibrant domestic demand sucks in more imports* Shrinking trade surplus good news for Merkel* Data helps defuse criticism from Trump and others (Adds deputy economy minister, paragraph 14)By Michael NienaberBERLIN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Germany's trade surplus fell last year for the first time since 2009, data showed on Thursday - a further sign th...Read More
(Kitco News)- Renewed growth in emergingmarkets (EM) will help drive gold prices higher, according to commodityanalysts from Goldman Sachs, who have significantly increased their forecastfor the yellow metal.In a report Thursday, the globalinvestment bank said that in three months, it see gold prices pushing to $1,350an ounce, in six month rallying to $1,375, and by next year it sees gold pricesat...Read More
E-commerce powerhouse Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will begin to deliver Whole Foods groceries to Amazon Prime Now members in select cities. The service is expected to expand across the U.S. later this year. In response, AMZN stock is up 1.1% at $1,433 in early trading.Looking broader, Amazon stock has gained more than 74% over the past year, and most recently touched a fresh record high of $1,4...Read More
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) reported its first profit ever in the fourth quarter, with adjusted earnings of 19 cents per share beating the average analyst estimate of 14 cents per share, while revenue of $731.6 million also topped expectations. Twitter also forecast a GAAP profit for all of 2018. Against this backdrop, TWTR shares are up 25.8% out of the gate to trade at $33.87 -- their highest level...Read More
The renewedweakness in equities has enabled gold to stabilize, says INTL FCStone. With theDow Jones Industrial Average down nearly 300 points in early trading, Comex April gold was up $2.20 to $1,316.80 as of 10:42 a.m. EST. INTL FCStone says“gold prices are up right now as weakness in the Dow seems to be steadying thecomplex somewhat,” adding that silver has also ticked higher. March...Read More
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said on Thursday he is open to the U.S. central bank raising key borrowing costs at its March policy meeting, in the wake ofmarket turmoil stemming from worries about rising inflation and interest rates."I'm open to a March rate increase," he told reporters after a speech delivered at a meeting of the Natio...Read More
Stock futures are higher this morning, after yet another volatile session yesterday. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are up over 100 points ahead of the bell, suggesting the index could retake the 25,000 level for the first time this week. S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures are also higher ahead of the open,with help from earnings winners like Twitter (TWTR) and...Read More
Shares of robotic vacuum cleaner manufacturer iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) are about to get crushed when the market opens, with the stock already down 19.4% in electronic trading, likely due to the company's lower-than-expected full-year earnings outlook. On an adjusted basis, however, the company topped earnings estimates for the fourth quarter and revenue was well above analysts' forecasts....Read More
Feb 8 (Reuters) - Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari told a town hall in Pierre, South Dakota that he does not think the Federal Reserve should raise rates unless wages and inflation start to take off, and the U.S. economy is a "long way" from that. With wage growth slow and inflation below the Fed's 2-percent target, "Why cool the economy down?" asked Kas...Read More
Royal Gold, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGLD)reports a net loss of $15 million, or 23 cents per share, despite increasedrevenue of $114 million in its fiscal second quarter that ended Dec. 31.“Second-quarter reported earnings reflected the impact of recently enacted U.S.tax legislation and a non-cash functional currency election,” the company says.Excluding these impacts, adjusted net income was $28...Read More