British election, Comey testimony, Qatar crisis aiding demandPrecious metal has risen this year as dollar extends declineAnalyst Sees 'Caution Trade' Pushing Gold to $1320Gold is taking aim at $1,300 an ounce. The metal has rallied to the highest since November as investors position themselves for the outcome of the U.K. election and potential drama of former FBI Director James Comey's testimony,...Read More

June 7 (Reuters) - Australian telecoms company Vocus Group Ltd said on Wednesday it received an indicative takeover offer from private equity firm KKR & Co LP which valued the company at A$2.2 billion ($1.65 billion).Vocus said KKR made a non-binding indicative offer to buy all its shares for A$3.50 in cash, a 22 percent premium to the stock's closing price the previous day. The Sydney-listed take...Read More

Prepare for some "fireworks" in the metals markets this summer, this according to one NY-based analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence."With 60-day index volatility at 10% -- the lowest since the 10-year bottom in 2014 at 9% -- the stage could be set for the next breakout move in metals," noted Mike McGlone, Bloomberg Intelligence commodity analyst, in a report Tuesday."A ho-hum May is pressuring volati...Read More

BRASILIA, June 6 (Reuters) - Braskem SA , Latin America's largest petrochemical company, said on Tuesday that it had obtained approval from a Brazilian court for its leniency deal in a corruption case involving political kickbacks at Brazil's Petrobras .Braskem said in a securities filing that decision completes approval for its global leniency accord with U.S., Swiss and Brazilian authorities. Br...Read More

June 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to trade up on Wednesday, with commodities set to gain from rising gold and oil prices.Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, finding technical support after sliding below $47 a barrel, while gold prices surged to a seven-month high, riding a weak dollar and geopolitical uncertainties.The local share price index futures rose 15 points or 0.27 percent to 5682....Read More

A trifecta of geopolitical events on Thursday, along with a weaker U.S. dollar and recent weak U.S. economic data, have all contributed as underlying factors taking gold prices to a new yearly high. Today, gold futures traded to an intraday high of $1298.80, taking out the previous yearly intraday high of $1297, which was achieved on April 17. As of 4:00 Eastern Standard Time, gold futures are cu...Read More

Wall Street sat in wait of market-moving news out later this week, including a potentially game-changing testimony on the Trump-Russia scandal, the U.K. elections, and possible changes to eurozone monetary policy. That led to cautious trading on Tuesday, though stocks ultimately closed lower for their second day in a row. The S&P 500 was down 0.28%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0....Read More

SAO PAULO, June 6 (Reuters) - Gol Linhas A?(C)reas Inteligentes SA, Brazil's No. 2 airline, plans to reorganize a customer loyalty subsidiary, tapping significant tax savings from a simplified corporate structure, according to a securities filing on Tuesday.According to the filing, the loyalty unit known as Smiles SA said the proposal hinges on shareholder approval and involves it being taken over...Read More

By JanWolfeJune 6 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court hinted on Tuesday it may let Sanofi AG and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc sell a cholesterol drug Amgen Inc has been trying to block on patent infringement grounds, according to lawyers and analysts who attended oral arguments in the case. Paul Clement, a lawyer for Regeneron and Sanofi, urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to...Read More

* TSX up 54.78 points, or 0.36 pct, to 15,464.56* Four of the TSX's 10 main industry groups were up* Materials up 3.4 pct, energy stocks up 1.4 pct By Solarina HoTORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index rose on Tuesday as a surge in oil and gold prices sent energy and mining companies rallying.The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index rose 54.78 points, or 0.36 percen...Read More

(Adds finance minister comment, background, details)WELLINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Wednesday said it had renewed its policy target agreement with the finance minister for the six-month period after Governor Graeme Wheeler steps down in September. The agreement, unchanged from the last one, signed in 2012, left the central bank's target for consumer price inflati...Read More

WELLINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Wednesday said it had renewed its policy target agreement with the finance minister for the six-month period after Governor Graeme Wheeler steps down in September. The agreement, unchanged from the last one, signed in 2012, left the central bank's target for consumer price inflation between 1 and 3 percent on average over the medium...Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 6, 2017) - Senator Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SNR)(OTC PINK:SNRAF)(FRANKFURT:T1KA) ("Senator" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a standstill agreement with Gunnar Minerals Corp. ("Gunnar Minerals") pursuant to which Gunnar Minerals has agreed that the Company will have the exclusive right to acquire a control...Read More

A chill from Victoria is blowing across the BC investment climate. As I discussed on This Week in Money on Roundhouse radio with host Jim Goddard, a change in the weather may well be in store for BC investors.Last week, BC Greens leader Andrew Weaver gave NDP leader John Horgan a four-year power guarantee. In exchange, the NDP agreed to a list of policy demands which included doing everything poss...Read More

TORONTO, June 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index ended higher on Tuesday, carried by energy and materials companies that surged on the back of higher oil and gold prices.The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index finished up 54.78 points, or 0.36 percent, at 15,464.56.Half of the index's 10 main groups advanced. (Reporting by Solarina Ho; Editing by Dan Grebler) Disclaimer: The vie...Read More

* Dollar sinks below 110 yen for first time in six weeks* Three "risk events" due on Thursday* Graphic: World FX rates in 2017 (Updates prices, market activity and comments to U.S. afternoon trading)By Saqib Iqbal AhmedNEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - The dollar weakened to a more than six-week low against the yen on Tuesday, dipping below a key technical level as Treasury debt yields slipped on incre...Read More

NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - Major U.S. stock indexes ended near session lows on Tuesday as traders shied away from risky assets ahead of major political and economic headlines expected on Thursday.Britain's general election as it maps its exit from the European Union, the European Central Bank's policy meeting and former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before a Senate panel could all affect...Read More

ALL TIMES IN EDT/GMT -------------------------------------------------0700/1100: The USDA issues weekly world rice price.1030/1430: The Energy Information Administration issues weekly petroleum stocks and output data.No set time: The Association of American Railroads issues Weekly Traffic of Major Railroads.1500/1900: The Federal Reserve issues Consumer Installment Credit for April.---------------...Read More

By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, June 6 (Reuters) - Shares of Advanced Micro Devices surged nearly 9 percent on Tuesday boosted by strong demand for its chips from cryptocurrency miners, leaving short sellers at a loss for the year.A rally in cryptocurrency Ethereum has boosted demand for graphics chips used by people to "mine" it and other digital currencies, with some of AMD's processors sold out...Read More

Maps shape our understanding of the world - and in an increasingly interconnected and global economy, this geographic knowledge is more important than ever.The funny thing is, almost everyone actually has a skewed perception of the true size of countries thanks to a cartographic technique called the Mercator projection. Used just about everywhere, from textbooks to Google Maps, the Mercator projec...Read More