(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Monday as the second-largest U.S. lender reined in costs, while higher interest rates and loan growth helped offset lower bond trading revenue.Like its peers, the bank has benefited from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and a rise in interest rates. A strong job market has also kept bad...Read More

LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Portuguese and Italian government bond yields fell on Monday, outperforming euro zone peers after ratings agency Moody's upgraded Portugal's credit rating by one notch back to investment grade.Portugal's bond yields fell up to four basis points after Moody's lifted Portugal's credit rating to Baa3 on Friday, a move that came after the close of European markets.Its 10-yea...Read More

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian cabinet was due to meet on Monday to approve a 2019 budget which envisages a jump in the deficit that has upset financial markets and drawn criticism from the European Commission and other international bodies.The government, backed by the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, has already issued the financial framework for the budget, raising th...Read More

Editor's Note: Welcome to Kitco's new Bitcoin Daily Technical Alert. Every trading day veteran Kitco technical analyst Jim Wyckoff will provide you with a concise and easy-to-understand near-term technical brief on Bitcoin. Importantly, Jim will glean the short-term charts and technical studies, and then alert you to the signals he sees regarding upcoming potential bigger price moves or price tren...Read More

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Sunday warned against threats to punish it over last week’s disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as European leaders piled on pressure and two more U.S. executives scrapped plans to attend a Saudi investor conference.Khashoggi, a U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist critical of Riyadh’s policies, disappeared on Oct. 2 after en...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could begin as early as next month with first gold production expected to come in the second half of next year, the companies said Monday.Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget...Read More

Mr. Chuck Jeannes reportsORLA MINING APPOINTS JASON SIMPSON AS NEW PRESIDENT & CEO Jason Simpson will succeed Marc Prefontaine as Orla Mining Ltd.'s president and chief executive officer effective Nov. 12, 2018.In addition to the role of president and chief executive officer, Mr. Simpson will also serve as a director of the company.Marc Prefontaine, current president and chief executive office...Read More

Mr. Chuck Jeannes reportsORLA MINING APPOINTS JASON SIMPSON AS NEW PRESIDENT & CEO Jason Simpson will succeed Marc Prefontaine as Orla Mining Ltd.'s president and chief executive officer effective Nov. 12, 2018.In addition to the role of president and chief executive officer, Mr. Simpson will also serve as a director of the company.Marc Prefontaine, current president and chief executive office...Read More

Mr. Ivan Bebek reportsAURYN SAMPLES UP TO 31.6 G/T GOLD AND 5.25% COPPER IN THE FERROBAMBA LIMESTONE AT SOMBREROAuryn Resources Inc. has released more favourable results from its Sombrero project in southern Peru following a rock sampling program focused on the Ferrobamba limestone. The company has also staked an additional 11,000 hectares to the east and contiguous to its Sombrero North claims as...Read More

Mr. Ivan Bebek reportsAURYN SAMPLES UP TO 31.6 G/T GOLD AND 5.25% COPPER IN THE FERROBAMBA LIMESTONE AT SOMBREROAuryn Resources Inc. has released more favourable results from its Sombrero project in southern Peru following a rock sampling program focused on the Ferrobamba limestone. The company has also staked an additional 11,000 hectares to the east and contiguous to its Sombrero North claims as...Read More

* Investors look for safety amid Saudi tensions; yen higher * Analysts say investors cautious but far from panicked * Euro rebounds vs dollar despite Merkel's allies' electionloss * Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 (Adds quotes, details, updates prices)By Tommy WilkesLONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The yen hit a one-month high andthe Swiss franc rallied on Monday as rising geopolitical tensionand furthe...Read More

Mr. David Wolfin reportsAVINO ANNOUNCES Q3 2018 PRODUCTION RESULTS; PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATEAvino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. has released its third quarter 2018 production results from its Avino property near Durango, Mexico.Consolidated production highlights for third quarter 2018 (compared with third quarter 2017): Silver equivalent production decreased by 7 per cent to 704,429 ounces (1).Go...Read More

Mr. David Wolfin reportsAVINO ANNOUNCES Q3 2018 PRODUCTION RESULTS; PROVIDES CORPORATE UPDATEAvino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. has released its third quarter 2018 production results from its Avino property near Durango, Mexico.Consolidated production highlights for third quarter 2018 (compared with third quarter 2017): Silver equivalent production decreased by 7 per cent to 704,429 ounces (1).Go...Read More

* Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust on the rise * European shares slide to 22-month low * Platinum hits highest in more than three months (Updates comments and prices)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Gold rose more than 1 percenton Monday to its highest in about 2-1/2 months as investorssought refuge in the metal after mounting tensions betweenWestern powers and Saudi Arabia compounded jitte...Read More

XAU/USD: Gold prices pushed on; Expect stiff resistance at 1221.70 What is going on with XAU/USD? XAU/USD: Gold prices slipped below 1221.70 support on Friday's session and finished the last session at the bottom of the consolidation channel at 1217.75. Gold prices picked up from where it finished off in last week in today's opening trades and pushed prices back up to the top of the channe...Read More

* European stocks hit 22-month low, Wall Street futures flat * China and Japan stocks tumble in tough start to week forAsia * Oil climbs as fate of missing journalist impacts Saudirelations * Yen, Swiss franc, gold, bunds among safe havens to shine * Sterling recovers from latest Brexit wobbleBy Marc JonesLONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - World markets turned tail againon Monday, as a bounceback in oil p...Read More

Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) is cutting 430 jobs, or about 30 percent of the workforce at its Hail Creek coal mine in Queensland, Australia, following a 100-day review that began after it bought the asset from Rio Tinto.Under the "reconfiguration" of Hail Creek, the two-dragline operation would become a truck-and-shovel mine with a seven-day-on, seven-day-off roster, meaning th...Read More