Stock market volatility was the name of the game yet again today, with the Dow exploring a range of more than 1,000 points on both sides of breakeven, before ultimately finishing in the black. It's a trend we've seen all week, with the index trading in a massive range of more than 2,100 points since Monday's open, but ultimately suffering its steepest weekly loss since January 2016. The S&P 500 an...Read More
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The White House budget proposal projects U.S. economic growth of3.2 percent next year, before declining to 3 percent in 2021 and 2.8 percent in 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a preview of the plan.The budget, which is due to be released on Monday, assumes the 10-year Treasury yield will average 2.6 percent this year and 3.1 percent next year...Read More
* S&P still posts worst week since Jan 2016* Indexes end up over 1 pct after day of big swings* S&P, Dow confirmed correction territory on Thurs (Updates with close of U.S. market)By Lewis KrauskopfFeb 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main stock indexes climbed more than 1 percent on Friday, giving investors some solace after a week of huge swings that shook the market out of months of calm.Eve...Read More
TORONTO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Friday, closing at its lowest level for five months reflecting weakness in mining stocks as gold futures and copper prices declined.At 4:03PM EST (2103 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index fell 31.08 points, or 0.21 percent, to 15,034.53. (Reporting by Matt Scuffham; editing by Diane Craft) Disclaimer: The view...Read More
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Speculators' net short U.S. dollar bets declined for the first time in six weeks, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.The value of the net short dollar position, derived from net holdings of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and Australian dollars, w...Read More
* Indexes again mark day of big swings* S&P, Dow confirmed correction territory on Thurs (Updates with late afternoon trade)By Lewis KrauskopfFeb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks held modest gains on Friday in another volatile session during a week of huge swings that shook the market out of months of calm.During Friday's session alone, the S&P 500 swung from as high as up 1.5 percent to down 1.9...Read More
* Wall Street was set for busiest IPO week in 2 1/2 years* Of 7 listings this week, 4 traded below IPO price Friday* IPO market now entering mid-February lull By Joshua FranklinNEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Wide swings in the U.S. stock market has blunted initial public offering (IPO) activity on Wall Street in what was set to be the busiest week for new listings in more than two-and-a-half years....Read More
(Kitco News)- Valentine’sDay is quickly approaching and if you are struggling for the perfect gift, you can’tgo wrong with jewelry as that appears to be the hot item this year.Accordingto the National Retail Federation, U.S. consumers are expected to spending anear-record $19.6 billion on Valentine’s Day gifts, up from $18.6 billion spentlast year. On average consumers are planni...Read More
It's been a volatile week on Wall Street, and today is no different. The Dow was last seen up around 50 points -- after being down 500 points earlier -- and on pace for its worst week since the financial crisis. This whipsaw price action is being mirrored in the drug sector, too, with Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AQXP) and Pieris Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PIRS) soaring, while Sarepta Th...Read More
Source: Clive Maund for Streetwise Reports 02/09/2018Technical analyst Clive Maund reviews the charts of two urban miners that he views as strong buys.We took profits or partial profits in related stocks Enviroleach Technologies Inc. (ETI:CSE) and Mineworx Technologies Ltd. (MWX:TSX.V; MWXRF:OTCQB) about three weeks ago, in the full knowledge that theirs is a great story, because they were bot...Read More
Gold futures declined on Friday to suffer from their largest weekly loss in two months, as investors eyed volatility in global stocks and a leading dollar index aimed for its best weekly performance in more than a year. April gold GCJ8, +0.47% gave up $3.30, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,315.70 an ounce after tapping a high of $1,325. It finished Thursday in the green, halting a four-session skid as in...Read More
(Recasts with price gains, adds quotes)* Stock weakness adds bid for bonds* U.S. budget seen increasing debt issuance* CPI data in focus next week for inflation clues By Karen BrettellNEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices gained on Friday after renewed weakness in equity markets increased demand for the low-risk debt.Bond yields have jumped in the past two weeks as rising inflation and...Read More
* Gold on track for second straight weekly drop* Palladium heads for worst week since October 2016* GRAPHIC-Platinum/palladium ratio: (Updates prices; adds comments, second byline, NEW YORK dateline)By Marcy Nicholson and Maytaal AngelNEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Gold slipped on Friday, under pressure from a firmer dollar and worries about rising global interest rates, but still found some s...Read More
* Indian exchanges to stop licensing deals with overseas bourses* Will stop providing data, terminate current contracts* Singapore is popular offshore market for Indian derivatives* Whether foreign investors will now come to India uncertain (Adds statement from Singapore Exchange)By Abhirup Roy and Savio ShettyMUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - India's three main stocks exchanges said on Friday they would...Read More
It was another volatile week of trading on Wall Street, withthe Dow trading in a more than 2,160-point range as of this writing, and sinking into correction territory. The bulk ofthe price action occurred to the downside -- a possible self-fulfilling prophecy, and marking the fastest S&P pullback from record highs in decades -- with the major benchmarksslumping to their biggest weekly losses in ye...Read More
(Kitco News) - Goldprices have erased early losses and are trading nearsteady as of this writing early Friday afternoon. Another big sell-off in theU.S. stock market is prompting safe-haven demand for gold. Look for the goldand silver markets to at least hold their own early next week, due to the keenuncertainty and anxiety that will be present on Monday morning. Bearish outsidemarkets Friday afte...Read More
SAO PAULO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Stocks in Brazilian retailers with strong e-commerce revenue hit session lows on Friday after Reuters reported that Amazon.com Inc was looking to lease a major new warehouse in Brazil. Units, a blend of shares in appliance retailer Via Varejo SA , extended their fall to 6 percent and reached a session low of 23.72 reais. Shares in Magazine Luiza SA touched 72.32 reais,...Read More
Panicking that the bitcoin bubble has finally burst? The popular cryptocurrency actually has a history of surviving crashes, and in its short life has already been through 13 major corrections or crashes. That's according to an analysis by data visualization site HowMuch, which compiled all of bitcoin's crashes, beginning in 2012, in one chart. Get more cryptocurrency updates from MarketWatch: Ch...Read More
The U.S. dollar has been bleeding recently, despite all the Fed’s tightening efforts and the passage of Trump’s tax cuts. An accelerating economy, rising interest rates and pro-growth reforms should logically drive the value of the American currency. But they didn’t. Given the strong negative correlation between the greenback and gold, finding the cause behind the dollar’s...Read More
(Bloomberg Prophets) -The 10-year Treasury yield is one of the best metrics for predicting the direction of commodity prices. Its increase in recent months indicates that commodities have more room on the upside. The correlation between commodity price and the 10-year has been strong over time, for a number of reasons.Interest rates are one of three elements that help determine the intrinsic price...Read More