Investing.com - Gold prices slipped lower on Friday, as the U.S. dollar regained some strength ahead of a highly-anticipated vote on U.S. President Donald Trump's healthcare bill.On the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for April delivery were down 0.28% at $1,243.85, just off the previous session's three-week high of $1.253,15.The April contract ended Thursday's ses...Read More
(Adds company news items, futures)March 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 futures FFIc1 were flat ahead of the cash market open on Friday.* SMITHS GROUP: British engineering firm Smiths Group SMIN.L stuck to its full-year outlook as growth in its detection unit, which makes security sensors, offset declines in other areas of its business and boosted first-half profit. LAMPRELL: Oil-rig builder L...Read More
March 24 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening up 6 points at 7,347 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* RBS: State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland RBS.L said on Thursday it planned to close about 180 bank branches in Britain and Ireland and about 1,000 roles were at risk in the latest round of cuts and closures at the lender. EXPERIAN: The Consumer Financial Protectio...Read More
Description As global demand weakens and commodity prices fall, we're seeing a challenging environment in the metals and mining industry. Mining companies are increasingly coming under pressure to reduce operating costs, causing many to shift their strategic planning, delay new investments and look to long-term future growth. This Copper Long Term Outlook report provides a detailed breakdown of g...Read More
Description This Metals Insight report highlights the key issues surrounding this topic, and draws out the implications for those involved. For industry participants and advisors who want to look at the trends, risks and issues surrounding this topic, this report gives you an expert point of view to help inform your decision making. Our analysts are based in the markets they analyse and work with...Read More
In New York on Thursday copper for delivery in May was trading slightly higher at $2.6375 per pound or $5,817 a tonne with mixed news on disruptions at the world's biggest mines pulling the metal in different directions. Copper is holding onto modest gains year to date, but is down more than 6.5% since hitting 20-month highs mid-February.Copper has been buoyed by a strike at BHP Billiton's Escondi...Read More
When Seabridge Gold Inc. (SEA:TSX; SA:NYSE.MKT) closed the sale of its Castle-Blackrock claim block interest in Nevada to Columbus Gold in February, Seabridge Chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk noted that "the sale is part of a continuing program of divesting non-core assets in order to focus resources on core holdings, including the KSM and Iskut projects and the Snowstorm project."Iskut was acquired wh...Read More
Talks between striking workers at Escondida copper mine in Chile and majority owner and operator BHP Billiton (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT), ended Thursday with the parts failing to reach a deal and the main union choosing to return to work.The labour action at the world's largest copper mine, which finished today after 43 days, became the longest private-sector mining strike in Chile's history, loc...Read More
According to a new report by private capital tracker Preqin, overall fundraising for natural resources investment actually declined declined by a fifth in 2016 to the lowest since 2012 despite the turnaround in the industry experienced last year.Coming off a record 2015, 74 funds raised a total of $60bn in 2016 for investment in natural resources, which includes metals and mining, water, timberlan...Read More
At PDAC 2017, Adrian Day, founder and president of Adrian Day Asset Management spoke to a packed room about his outlook for gold under President Trump. After his talk at the conference, Mr. Day shared his insights with us on the positive and negative effects of Trump's policies on the stock market and the US economy as a whole. In this interview, he gives us his reasons why he thinks the time t...Read More
* STOXX 600 down 0.8 pct* Banks, miners weigh* ING falls after disclosing criminal probe* Gemalto plummets after results (Recasts, adds quote and detail, updates prices)By Kit ReesLONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - European shares fell to a two-week low on Wednesday, extending losses from the previous session as weighed down by basic resources stocks .SXPP and banks .SX7P .The pan-European STOXX 600 ....Read More
* Europe shares hit two-week low, Asia biggest fall since Dec 15* Wall Street seen opening lower, VIX tops 13 percent* Copper drops 0.7 percent, safe-haven gold hits three-week high* Yields drop as investors seek lowest-risk government debt* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVhBy Nigel StephensonLONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - Shares fell on Wednesday, driving investors to the saf...Read More
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - European shares fell in early deals, extending losses from the previous session as basic resources stocks .SXPP and banks came under pressure.The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX index was down 0.7 percent at a one-week low as global markets were hit by worries that U.S. President Donald Trump could struggle to deliver on his reflationary economic policies.These doubts we...Read More
(Adds company news items)March 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 42 points lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures FFIc1 down 0.5 percent ahead of the cash market open.* IGAS: Britain's IGas IGAS.L has won planning consent from Nottinghamshire County Council to develop a shale gas well site and drill an exploratory well at Tinker Lane, the co...Read More
March 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 42 points lower on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.* VODAFONE: New Zealand pay television provider Sky Network TV SKT.NZ on Wednesday filed an appeal against the Commerce Commission's decision to bar its purchase of Vodafone 's VOD.L local unit.* ACACIA MINING: Canadian gold miner Endeavour Mining Corp EDV.TO said...Read More
Mar 22 (Reuters) - Below are the ratings awarded by Credit Analysis and Research Ltd. (CARE) for local debt instruments as of March 21, 2017. COMPANYINSTRUMENTRATINGAMOUNT MOVEMENT(RS.MLN) ------------------------------ --------- SHORT TERM RATINGS: ------------------- 5 Core Acoustics Pvt LtdST Bk FacCARE A4+150Issuer NotCooperating Arb Bearings LtdST FacCARE A2127.5 Reaffirmed Digi Export Ventur...Read More
The old traders' adage 'better to travel than arrive' has proved true in 2017. Last year was the year to hitch a ride on oil, Brent near doubling to US$55/bbl from the Q1 lows. Investors piled into oil-leveraged equities through 2016, the MSCI Energy index surging 23% and outperforming the broader market by 18%.The nagging feeling though was that prices had already made the big move, by year end e...Read More
Energy commodity markets have experienced a high degree of volatility in recent years, with large movements in prices and processing margins throughout the energy value chain (i.e. oil, gas, coal, refining, and shipping). The oil storage sector has also experienced a great deal of change but the impact to the bottom line has been relatively less severe thanks to a supportive market env...Read More
The old traders' adage 'better to travel than arrive' has proved true in 2017. Last year was the year to hitch a ride on oil, Brent near doubling to US$55/bbl from the Q1 lows. Investors piled into oil-leveraged equities through 2016, the MSCI Energy index surging 23% and outperforming the broader market by 18%.The nagging feeling though was that prices had already made the big move, by year end e...Read More
Energy commodity markets have experienced a high degree of volatility in recent years, with large movements in prices and processing margins throughout the energy value chain (i.e. oil, gas, coal, refining, and shipping). The oil storage sector has also experienced a great deal of change but the impact to the bottom line has been relatively less severe thanks to a supportive market env...Read More