(Kitco News) - Gold prices were ending the U.S. day session with moderate gains Thursday. Another big sell off in the U.S. stock market prompted safe-haven demand in both gold and silver markets. Bargain hunters also stepped into both markets after they had dropped to multi-week lows early on today. April Comex gold futures were last up $4.80 an ounce at $1,319.40. March Comex silver was last up $...Read More

(Adds details from speech, quote, background, byline)By Andrea HopkinsMONTEBELLO, Quebec, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Technological advances will raise global economic growth, but policymakers will need to take steps to keep firms' market concentration in check and ensure workers are not left behind, a senior Bank of Canada official said on Thursday.In a speech that did not discuss monetary policy, Bank of...Read More

Proactive Investors oil and gas correspondent Jamie Ashcroft reports on Sound Energy PLC's (LON:SOU) plans for a three-well Morocco drill programme.The programme will address three independent and 'high potential' targets.Drilling of the first well, TE-9, is slated to kick off in July.  Meet Medusa Mining, Cora Gold, Group Eleven Resources Ltd. and Harvest Minerals Ltd. at our event, London,...Read More

(In paragraph 12, corrects year to 2017 intead of 2016)* KKR management, board evaluating whether to convert to C-Corp* Change would expand possible shareholder base* But firm would lose certain tax advantages* KKR Q4 earnings miss analyst expectations By Joshua FranklinNEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - KKR & Co LP said on Thursday its top executives were evaluating whether to structure the compan...Read More

* BoE: rates might rise "somewhat" earlier and more than thought* BoE: returning to "more conventional" timing for inflation fight* Growth forecast edges up for next three years, inflation weaker* Sterling jumps a cent against U.S dollar, gilt prices fall (Adds economists, weakening of sterling)By William Schomberg and David MillikenLONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Bank of England...Read More

NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sold $16 billion of 30-year government bonds at a yield of 3.121 percent, which was the highest yield at a 30-year auction in 11 months, Treasury data showed.The ratio of bids to the amount of 30-year issue offered was 2.26, marking its weakest reading since November. This gauge of overall auction demand was 2.74 at the prior 30-...Read More

Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) fell 2.8% on Wednesday, after Snap (NYSE:SNAP) -- which owns Instagram rival Snapchat -- reported impressive earnings. The FAANG stock has sold off alongside the broader stock market in recent weeks, but is now trading near a trendline that historically has had bullish implications. If past is precedent, FB shares could be headed back near record-high territory i...Read More

Dorian Gonsalves, chief executive of Belvoir Lettings PLC (LON:BLV) tells Proactive's Andrew Scott they traded in line with expectations in 2017.The full-year results will be released on April 10 but in a pre-close trading update, the group revealed it performed well throughout the year reflecting the continued underlying organic growth in franchise management service fee income, a record number o...Read More

A former millwright with Copper Mountain Mining Corp. (TSX:CMMC) is suing the company for wrongful dismissal, claiming he and others labelled "union sympathizers" were harassed and bullied in a "highly poisonous work environment."Plaintiff Gordon MacMillan filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on January 19. He claims he was constructively dismissed in November 2017 after six years wit...Read More

A former millwright with Copper Mountain Mining Corp. (TSX:CMMC) is suing the company for wrongful dismissal, claiming he and others labelled "union sympathizers" were harassed and bullied in a "highly poisonous work environment."Plaintiff Gordon MacMillan filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on January 19. He claims he was constructively dismissed in November 2017 after six years wit...Read More

MUMBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - India has imposed a limit on the amount of sugar that mills can sell in the market during February and March, according to a government order late on Thursday, as the world's second biggest producer tries to prop up prices of the sweetener.At the end of February mills need to be holding as inventory at least 83 percent of the opening stock from January and February's prod...Read More

CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mining is a long-term game, but in southern Africa dramatic political changes have transformed the investment mood for the better in the space of a year.Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stepped down in 2017 after a combined 75 years in office, while the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as head of South Africa's ruling ANC heralds the looming end...Read More

CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mining is a long-term game, but in southern Africa dramatic political changes have transformed the investment mood for the better in the space of a year.Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stepped down in 2017 after a combined 75 years in office, while the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as head of South Africa's ruling ANC heralds the looming end...Read More

CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mining is a long-term game, but in southern Africa dramatic political changes have transformed the investment mood for the better in the space of a year.Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stepped down in 2017 after a combined 75 years in office, while the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as head of South Africa's ruling ANC heralds the looming end...Read More

CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Mining is a long-term game, but in southern Africa dramatic political changes have transformed the investment mood for the better in the space of a year.Angola's Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stepped down in 2017 after a combined 75 years in office, while the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as head of South Africa's ruling ANC heralds the looming end...Read More

* Dow sinks another 500 points* 10-year bond yields creep up to near four-year highs* Weekly jobless claims fall to lowest level in nearly 45 years* Volatility measure VIX eases but remains elevated at 29.82* Dow -2.01 pct, S&P -1.65 pct, Nasdaq -1.83 pct (Updates to early afternoon)By Tanya AgrawalFeb 8 (Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank another 500 points on Thursday as a rene...Read More

(Bloomberg) - Endeavour Mining Corp. one of the fastest-growing gold producers in Africa, says bigger isn't always better."One of the reasons the majors have failed over the years is they've built such large corporate teams that the decision-making processes within those organizations is so slow," Chief Executive Officer Sebastien De Montessus said in an interview in Cape Town. "Being able to rem...Read More

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said on Thursday that as long as the U.S. economy continues to grow above trend this year, he would be in favor of another interest rate rise at the U.S. central bank's upcoming meeting in March."As long as I am comfortable the economy continues to grow at an above-trend pace at a time that I think monetary policy...Read More

(Bloomberg) - Endeavour Mining Corp. one of the fastest-growing gold producers in Africa, says bigger isn't always better."One of the reasons the majors have failed over the years is they've built such large corporate teams that the decision-making processes within those organizations is so slow," Chief Executive Officer Sebastien De Montessus said in an interview in Cape Town. "Being able to rem...Read More

CAIRO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Average yields on Egypt's six-month and one-year treasury bills fell on Thursday, data from the central bank showed, extending a decline that has taken yields to their lowest levels since the country floated its currency in late 2016.The yield on the 182-day bill fell to 17.358 percent from 17.611 percent at the last similar auction, and the yield on the 357-day bill fell...Read More