Seaborne coking coal spot prices moved in opposite directions on Friday October 12 following the emergence of a lower offer in the fob Australia segment, even as a cargo of premium hard coking coal fetched a higher cfr China price.A top Australian brand was traded at $216.50 per tonne cfr China, sources said. This is $0.50 per tonne higher than the last transaction involving the same brand two wee...Read More

MUMBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - India's core consumer inflation was seen at 5.8 percent in September, compared with around 6 percent in August, four analysts estimated from the inflation numbers released on Friday.India's retail inflation rate INCPIY=ECI slightly picked up to 3.77 percent in September from August's 3.69 percent, government data showed on Friday, lower than the 4.0 percent that analysts...Read More

By Sumeet ChatterjeeNUSA DUA, Indonesia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - State Bank of India SBI.NS , the country's largest lender, sees its provision for bad loans remaining high for at least the next two quarters, after which it will start softening as it steps up efforts to improve asset quality, its chairman said on Friday.The state-run lender is also seeing a slowdown in "accretion" of new bad loans, Ra...Read More

Investing.com - Here are the top five things you need to know in financial markets on Friday, October 12:1. Big Banks Report EarningsResults from three of the four big banks are expected before the opening bell on Friday. Investors are waiting to see whether bank stocks remain a safe haven after the volatile week in the stock market, as JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Citigro...Read More

Investing.com - Gold prices were lower on Friday as the greenback recovered from a two-week low as inflation pressures eased.Comex gold futures for December delivery fell 0.39% to $1,222.80 a troy ounce as of 8:58 AM ET (12:58 GMT), after recording its largest daily percentage gain on Thursday since June 2016 amid a selloff in equities.Cooling inflation data and rate hike expectations lead to a ri...Read More

(Adds company news items and futures)Oct 12 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 27 points higher at 7,034 with FTSE 100 futures .FFIc1 up 0.51 percent ahead of the cash market open on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* ASHMORE: Emerging markets-focused fund manager Ashmore ASHM.L said assets under management rose 3 percent in its first quarter, boosted by inflows of client...Read More

Oct 12 - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening 27 points higher at 7,034 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.* ATALAYA MINING: Copper producer Atalaya Mining ATYM.L , AYM.TO , which is backed by Swiss trading giant Trafigura, is looking for a buyer, two banking sources said on Thursday. PATISSERIE VALERIE: The owner of Britain's Patisserie Valerie café chain warned on Thur...Read More

Fastmarkets' weekly prices assessments for alloy steel scrap imported into mainland Europe were unchanged this week amid 'very slow' market activity and relatively stable nickel prices.Demand has been below expectations since the end of the summer, when the usual post-holiday recovery failed to fully materialise. And it weakened further when stainless steel prices dropped sharply in October, with...Read More

Movements in the prices of base metals on the London Metal Exchange were mostly upward at the close of trading on Friday October 12.This was supported by the emergence of fresh buying amid a softer US dollar index and increased market optimism about trade talks between the United States and China.Most prominent among the gains in the complex over the afternoon was the rise in the three-month lead...Read More

The US Midwest aluminium premium has stayed put this week, but talk among market participants suggests that softening of the premium is a distinct possibility in the near future.Fastmarkets AMM assessed the spot P1020 duty-paid premium at 19.75-20.25 cents per lb on Friday October 12, unchanged from earlier this week. Spot activity has increased from earlier this week - buyers are said to nee...Read More

Prices for the A380.1 and 319.1 secondary aluminium alloys fell in the United States on Thursday October 11, after pressure from depressed scrap aluminium prices spurred some discounted offers into the spot market.The benchmark A380.1 price fell to 90-92 cents per lb on October 11, down 1 cent from 91-93 cents per lb in the previous assessment. The 319.1 alloy price similarly fell by a p...Read More

Fastmarkets MB rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.Base metals In breaking news this afternoon, the US Treasury Department has further extended the expiration date of general licenses relating to UC Rusal until December 12.Codelco's Chuquicamata division will be running at reduced operating rates until mid-November following a technical fault at...Read More

Rising copper premiums should forerun years of higher prices for the metal, Atlantic Copper chief executive officer Javier Targhetta said in an interview with Fastmarkets on Tuesday October 9 during LME Week in London. Premiums for copper cathodes in-warehouse Shanghai remain close to three-year highs, while import gains for Chinese refined copper in September are up by 16.1% this year....Read More

The Fastmarkets MB alumina index fob Australia dropped below $500 per tonne on Friday October 12 following the Brazilian government's U-turn on an earlier decision, allowing the Alunorte alumina refinery to resume production at 50% capacity. Fastmarkets MB's fob Australia daily alumina index was at $493.75 per tonne today, down from $504.50 on Thursday October 11. Key drivers  On Saturday, Hy...Read More

Comex copper prices gained in in the US morning on Friday October 12 amid technical buying and growing optimism for the approaching year-end.The copper price for December settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rebounded 1.35 cents or 0.5% to $2.7940 per lb."Looking ahead, we expect LME copper prices to strengthen in the final quarter of 2018,...Read More

Cold-rolled coil prices have edged down in Fastmarkets AMM's latest assessment, while market participants await the full impact of a $2-per-hundredweight ($40-per-short-ton) price increase announced by US mills.Fastmarkets' price assessment for US domestic cold-rolled coil fell to $46 per cwt ($920 per short ton), down $1 per cwt from $47 per cwt ($940 per ton) a week earlier. Meanwhile,...Read More

Metal Bulletin reviews the major stories that have affected the steel market during the week ended Friday October 5.Raw materials The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch a high-grade iron ore derivative product to be settled against the daily MB 65% Fe iron ore index published by Fastmarkets. Subsequently, market participants hailed the decision, saying it will serve the burgeoning need for bette...Read More

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States continued to slide as the market waits to see whether a recent round of mill price increases will stop the declines.Fastmarkets AMM's hot-rolled coil index stands at $40.76 per hundredweight ($815.20 per ton), down 1.3% from $41.28 ton a week earlier and off 11.1% from a July peak of $45.84 per cwt.Lead times average three to five weeks, market participa...Read More

Domestic prices for rebar in Poland have moved down slightly over the past week despite strong demand from the construction industry, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday October 12.Fastmarkets MB's price assessment for domestic 12mm B500B-grade rebar in Poland was at 2,340-2,380 zloty ($624-635) per tonne ex-works on October 12, widening downward over the week from 2,340-2,390 zloty per tonne...Read More

Domestic prices for coated steel coil products in Turkey continued to decrease in the week ended Friday October 12, with demand remaining poor in the local market.Yet demand in the export market, mainly Europe, was quite good for coated coil.Some Turkish producers decreased their prices, however, because of the weak domestic demand in the country.Domestic pricesOne northern producer in Turkey was...Read More