NEW YORK (Reuters) - Struggling health sector shares and U.S.-driven trade confrontations capped gains in global stocks and drove down safe-haven U.S. Treasury and German Bund yields on Thursday, while financial companies boosted Wall Street.Wall Street was slightly higher in afternoon trading, but gains were largely capped by plummeting shares of drug distributors and retailers after Amazon annou...Read More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks swung between gains and losses on Thursday, as Amazon’s foray into drug retailing whipped the healthcare sector, while a rise in financial stocks for the first time in 14 days cushioned the markets.Amazon.com said it would buy online pharmacy PillPack, a move that will put the online retail giant in direct competition with drugstore chains, drug distributors and pharm...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are trading moderately lower in early-afternoon U.S. dealings Thursday. Gold hit a nearly 12-month low today and silver notched a seven-month low. Gold and silver bulls need a good dose of bullish fundamental news, which has been absent from the marketplace in recent weeks. Chart-based sellers in the futures markets have been emboldened this week, amid price d...Read More
(Kitco News) - Detour Gold Corp. (TSX: DGC) has updated the life-of-mine (LOM) plan for its Detour Lake operation, making changes aimed at reducing large annual fluctuations in the amount of gold that is mined but conceding some higher costs that were contained in the previous plan.However, the company’s chief operating officer also pledged to work on reducing those expenses. And while Detou...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold prices are seeing a very limited reaction to disappointing U.S. gross domestic product data that showed weaker than expected growth in Q1, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The final estimate of the first-quarter gross domestic product showed the U.S. economy growing at an annual rate of 2% versus the expected 2.2%. This is the third GDP reading. The very first estimat...Read More
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Trading Places was the hit movie in the 1980s, with a scene in which Winthorp and Valentine were in the frozen-orange-juice pit watching the market going straight up. Valentine, getting nervous, says to Winthorp, “Louie, is it time?” The answer was simple -- not now. They watched the rally continue, waiting patiently for their opportunity. The gold market is becoming very similar to th...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday June 28.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ended mostly lower at the close of trading on Wednesday June 27, with tin leading the charge with a more than 2% decline. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:Comex copper prices were once again facing a bout of selling,...Read More
The latest news and price moves to start the Asian day on Thursday June 28.Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange ended mostly lower at the close of trading on Wednesday June 27, with tin leading the charge with a more than 2% decline. Read more in our live futures report.Here are how prices looked at the close of trading:Comex copper prices were once again facing a bout of selling,...Read More
Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange closed mostly in negative territory on Thursday June 28, with lead edging 1.5% lower amid broad downward trends in tin and copper. Although lead had previous shown some resilience to the recent slowdown across the complex, prices dropped below $2,400 per tonne for the first time since May 18. Broad strength in the dollar continues to weigh on th...Read More
European alloy steel surcharges for July deliveries of grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel sheet have risen for the sixth consecutive month on an increase in nickel costs to reach their highest level since June 2011. The July alloy surcharge for 2mm grade-304 CR stainless steel sheet - based on data published by Outokumpu, Acerinox and Aperam - is ?,?1,624-1,648 ($1,886-1,914) per tonne. Th...Read More
Oil and gas conglomerate BP plc is to buy Chargemaster, the UK's largest electric vehicles (EVs) charging company, and plans to deploy the network across its forecourts in the country over the next 12 months. The charging company, to be rebranded BP Chargemaster, has over 6,500 charging points across the UK through its Polar network. The company also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV chargin...Read More
Oil and gas conglomerate BP plc is to buy Chargemaster, the UK's largest electric vehicles (EVs) charging company, and plans to deploy the network across its forecourts in the country over the next 12 months. The charging company, to be rebranded BP Chargemaster, has over 6,500 charging points across the UK through its Polar network. The company also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV chargin...Read More
Bauxite exports from Emirates Global Aluminium's (EGA) Guinea Alumina Corp subsidiary will begin in the second half of 2019, while integrated aluminium companies are seeking to secure upstream supply to shield themselves from volatile alumina prices. Construction at the project has reached 50% completion, EGA said on Wednesday June 27. At full capacity, Guinea Alumina will produce 12 million tonne...Read More
China's 10 largest copper smelters have assessed current treatment charges (TCs) at above $90 per tonne at a meeting on Thursday June 28 without officially disclosing its base level for the third-quarter procurement, Metal Bulletin has learned. The China Smelters Purchase Team (CSPT) agreed during a meeting in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, to discuss the minimum levels for TCs from July to September,...Read More
Oil and gas conglomerate BP plc is to buy Chargemaster, the UK's largest electric vehicles (EVs) charging company, and plans to deploy the network across its forecourts in the country over the next 12 months. The charging company, to be rebranded BP Chargemaster, has over 6,500 charging points across the UK through its Polar network. The company also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV chargin...Read More
Turkish steel producers continued their deep-sea scrap purchases for August deliveries on Thursday June 28.A steel mill in northern Turkey booked a Canadian cargo, comprising 30,000 tonnes of shredded and 20,000 tonnes of HMS 1&2 (90:10) at an average price of $368 per tonne cfr.And a steel mill...Read More
Comex copper prices tumbled to the lowest price since August 2017 this morning in the US, with bearish investors capturing the market due to threats of an impending trade war.Copper for September settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange crashed 4.45 cents or 1.5% to $2.9400 per lb. The contract is now trading at the lowest point since mid-August and has fallen in 10 of...Read More
Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were marginally higher during morning trading on Thursday June 28, with the complex up by an average of 0.2%. Nickel led the gains with a 0.7% increase to hover near $15,000 per tonne, followed by aluminium that was up by 0.3%, while lead and tin edged up by 0.1% and copper and zinc were little changed.Volume has been quite light with 3,7...Read More
Oil and gas conglomerate BP plc is to buy Chargemaster, the UK's largest electric vehicles (EVs) charging company, and plans to deploy the network across its forecourts in the country over the next 12 months. The charging company, to be rebranded BP Chargemaster, has over 6,500 charging points across the UK through its Polar network. The company also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV chargin...Read More