SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures rose across the board during the afternoon trading session on Thursday March 29 with SHFE nickel up close to 2% and copper up nearly 1%.Ferrous metals, meanwhile, all closed over 1% higher, except for coke, which was down just over 1%.Copper: The SHFE 1805 contract hit a high at 50,100 yuan/mt today as some investors added to their long bets...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures rose across the board during the afternoon trading session on Thursday March 29 with SHFE nickel up close to 2% and copper up nearly 1%.Ferrous metals, meanwhile, all closed over 1% higher, except for coke, which was down just over 1%.Copper: The SHFE 1805 contract hit a high at 50,100 yuan/mt today as some investors added to their long bets...Read More

TODAYS ALUMINIUM FREE CALLSTodays Aluminium Free Calls – Aluminium April sell call 32d given at price 131.45 Achieved 1st Target 130.35 CMP 130.10. Total Profit of 1.35 x 2 lot = 2.70 Points / Rs 13500TIPS ID 32d : Intraday Aluminium – SELL Aluminium April between 131.40 – 131.50 (CMP 131.45) Add more at price 132.10 with SL Above 132.60 for Target 130.35 – 129.70. RISK ta...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Nonferrous metals futures rose across the board during the afternoon trading session on Thursday March 29 with SHFE nickel up close to 2% and copper up nearly 1%.Ferrous metals, meanwhile, all closed over 1% higher, except for coke, which was down just over 1%.Copper: The SHFE 1805 contract hit a high at 50,100 yuan/mt today as some investors added to their long bets...Read More

** Kumho Tire Co Inc's shares jump as much as16.7 pct ahead of tyre manufacturer's decision whether to entercourt receivership** China's Qingdao Doublestar Co Ltd said inearly March that it would take over Kumho Tire, but the firm'slabour union has protested against the deal and said it willfight back against the sale ** Entering court receivership is the last thing thateverybody would want and, t...Read More

The first quarter of 2018 concluded today, and as far as gold pricing goes, this marks the third consecutive quarter of positive price gains. However, first-quarter gains were the smallest gains for any quarter over the last seven years. Gains this quarter were a tepid 1.8% with gold moving from $1300 to close today at $1325.It is also clear when looking at a quarterly gold chart that we have been...Read More

Tech Talk will not be publishing tomorrow, Good Friday.   Next report is to be released on Monday April 2nd.     Have a Happy Easter weekend.Pre-opening Comments for Thursday March 29thU.S. equity index futures were higher this morning. S&P 500 futures were up 9 points in pre-opening trade.Index futures were virtually unchanged following release of economic news a...Read More

Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here.With President Trump's announcement of trade tariffs, fears of a trade war have overtaken the news cycle and added to market volatility in recent weeks.But, is this fear really justified? This time on the Financial Sense Newshour, Jim Puplava takes a look at the reality behind the recent panic to determine what threat,...Read More

Polarean Imaging PLC (LON:POLX) chief executive Richard Hullihen dropped into the Proactive studio as the medtech firm kicked off its first day of trading on AIM.The company raised gross proceeds of ?3mln via the placing of 20mln ordinary shares at a price of 15p - representing 27.3% of the company's share capital.Hullihen says the point of coming to the market was specifically to raise the cash...Read More

TARGET ZINC CALLSTarget Zinc Calls – Zinc Intraday SELL Call 32a given at price 215.70 Achieved 1st Target 214.5 & 2nd Target 213.80. CMP 213.85. Total profit made 1.85 x 2 lot = 3.70 PointsCALL ID 32a : Today Zinc Tips - High RISK taker Sell Zinc Mini April at CMP 215.70 Add more at price 216.40 with SL Above price 217 for Target 214.5 - 213.80AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Norilsk nickel in the Shanghai market traded at a discount of 100-200 yuan/mt against the Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange 1804 contract on Thursday March 29, while Jinchuan traded at a premium at 400 yuan/mt, SMM learned.Jinchuan offered nickel plate at 96,900 yuan/mt.Prices of nickel futures traded rangebound in the morning and traders made offers actively due to ampl...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – Copper prices are likely to be rangebound at a relatively high level in 2018 as supplies of copper concentrate tighten, Jiangxi Copper said in its earnings report on Thursday March 28.The growth in global copper concentrate output is set to slow down in the next two to three years as the last round of copper mine investment comes to an end. Consumption, meanwhile, wi...Read More

Date 3/30 (BOJ Financial Markets Department) - The Bank of Japan said it offered to buy 250 billion yen in JGBs outright with residual maturities of more than 1 year and up to 3 years from 4/3. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however, n...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index rose to 90 given the inflow of month-end capital and as concerns of a trade war eased. Positive economic data from the US released overnight also buoyed the index.Base metals saw mixed trading as SHFE metals, except for copper and lead, fell. L...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold prices were ending the U.S. day session slightly lower Thursday, on some chart consolidation after this week’s stronger selling pressure that did produce some near-term technical damage. The gold market is now short-term oversold, technically, and due for a corrective bounce early next week. April Comex gold futures were last down $2.00 an ounce at $1,322.20. May Comex si...Read More

RAPAPORT... Israel's Get Diamonds has signed an agreement to sell stones directly to the Chinese jewelry market, the company said this week. Get Diamonds, the e-commerce platform of the Israel Diamond Institute(IDI), will partner with Rock & Trade, an Israel-based company thatprovides a loose-diamond platform specifically for Chinese jewelers andsuppliers. Get Diamonds is a website that enable...Read More

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SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index rose to 90 given the inflow of month-end capital and as concerns of a trade war eased. Positive economic data from the US released overnight also buoyed the index.Base metals saw mixed trading as SHFE metals, except for copper and lead, fell. L...Read More

Date 3/30 (BOJ Financial Markets Department) - The Bank of Japan said it offered to buy 330 billion yen in JGBs outright with residual maturities of more than 3 years and up to 5 years from 4/3. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the author and may not reflect those of Kitco Metals Inc. The author has made every effort to ensure accuracy of information provided; however,...Read More

SHANGHAI, Mar 29 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last night and what is expected today.Last nightThe US dollar index rose to 90 given the inflow of month-end capital and as concerns of a trade war eased. Positive economic data from the US released overnight also buoyed the index.Base metals saw mixed trading as SHFE metals, except for copper and lead, fell. L...Read More