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Bonds, shares, gold supported ahead of expected ECB action
January 21st, 2015
European shares held close to a seven-year high on Wednesday and Asian shares hit a six-week peak investors bet the European Central Bank would unveil a stimulus drive to boost the flagging euro zone economy. Expectations that the ECB ...
Gold atop $1,300 for the first time since August
January 21st, 2015
Investors are rushing back into gold, so much so that they pushed the price above $1,300 an ounce for the first time since August. In early electronic trading on Wednesday, gold for February delivery GCG5, +0.60% gained $9.10, or 0.7%, to $1,303.20 ...
Increased U.S. Output Bolsters Oil Glut Fears Sending Prices Back Down
January 15th, 2015
Oil resumed its decline after the biggest gain since June 2012 as U.S. crude production increased, bolstering speculation a global supply glut that spurred last year’s price collapse may persist. Futures dropped as much as 1.3 percent in New York. ...
Oil prices extend slide in commodities sell-off
January 14th, 2015
Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after touching their lowest in nearly six years the previous session, extending losses alongside a sell-off in other commodities. Commodities came under pressure after the World Bank cut its forecasts for global ...
Oil Prices Fall to Fresh Lows
January 13th, 2015
Global Benchmark Brent Is 17% Lower for the Year The global oil benchmark settled below $50 a barrel for the first time in nearly six years Monday after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. slashed its forecasts, saying lower prices are ...
Gold slips into another holiday week
December 29th, 2014
Gold prices stagnated on Monday, drifting slightly higher after putting in some wide swings during Christmas week. At last check, gold for February delivery GCG5, -0.16% was up 40 cents to $1,195.80 an ounce. Silver for March delivery SIH5, ...
Gold inches higher on weaker dollar
December 22nd, 2014
Gold edged up on Monday on buying interest from Asia and as the dollar retreated, but gains were kept in check by stronger equities that dulled the metal’s safe-haven appeal. Strength in oil prices also supported bullion, but gains ...
Gold Declines Before U.S. Jobs Report as Investors Weigh Demand
December 5th, 2014
Gold fell before U.S. payrolls data that may show employers added more workers last month, boosting the case for an increase in borrowing costs in the largest economy as the dollar headed for a seventh weekly increase. Bullion for ...
Gold Retreats From Five-Week High on Outlook for Stronger Dollar
December 2nd, 2014
Gold retreated after the biggest one-day rally in more than a year as investors weighed the outlook for a stronger dollar against a rebound in oil prices. Silver, platinum and palladium dropped. Bullion for immediate delivery declined as much ...
Goldman, BASF, HSBC accused of metals price fixing: U.S. lawsuit
November 28th, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), Germany’s BASF(BASFn.DE) and two other big platinum and palladium dealers have been sued in the United States in what the plaintiff’s law firm called the first nationwide class action over alleged price-fixing of the metals. In a ...
