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DGCX Gold Futures climb 22 per cent in November
December 16th, 2014
November volumes on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) grew 19 per cent from the same period last year, trading 981,925 contracts, valued at $28.5 billion. DGCX’s flagship contract, Gold Futures traded 46,066 contracts in November, recording a ...
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 ...
Citi Sees Gold as Bitcoin Says Swiss Vote Makes No Sense
November 27th, 2014
The initiative requiring the Swiss National Bank to hold a fixed portion of its assets in gold makes no sense, according to Citigroup Inc., which said the metal was the equivalent of the virtual currency bitcoin. “There is no economic or ...
Gold Extends Slide to Lowest in Week as Silver, Platinum Decline
November 27th, 2014
Gold fell to the lowest level in a week as assets in the largest exchange-traded product backed by the metal shrank to the smallest in more than six years. Silver, platinum and palladium decreased. Bullion for immediate delivery lost ...
Goldman Sachs’s Top Trades for 2015
November 21st, 2014
The release of Goldman Sachs GS +0.30%’ top trade ideas for the year ahead is an annual staple. Whether you think these are power trades or not, the time has come for this year’s release. Last year, of the six it suggested, ...
Gold Holds Drop Below $1,200 as Dollar Strengthens, SPDR Shrinks
November 20th, 2014
Gold held losses below $1,200 an ounce as a gauge of the dollar traded near the highest level in five years on expectations that U.S. interest rates will rise and assets in the largest exchange-traded product shrank. Bullion for immediate delivery ...
Government to announce curbs on gold import very soon: Sources
November 18th, 2014
In the wake of surge in gold imports, the government would soon impose some curbs on the inward shipment of the metal to prevent current account deficit (CAD) from going out of hand. “Things are being worked out by the Finance Ministry and ...
Gold Holds Decline From Two-Week High as Dollar Gains, Oil Drops
November 18th, 2014
Gold held a retreat from the highest level in two weeks after the dollar strengthened and energy prices dropped, curbing demand for the metal as an investment. Silver and palladium declined. Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,186.35 an ...