Gold prices ended higher on Wednesday as investors watched global political news surrounding trade and Brexit, and reacted to a weaker-than-expected reading of U.S. retail sales, which spurred some haven buying. Moves for the precious metal came as Brexit and the "usual worries persist" on Turkey, the Middle East, U.S. politics and the global economic outlook, as well as on uncertainty tied to the continued tariff talks with China, said George Gero, managing director, at RBC Wealth...
Investors managed to push gold higher Thursday instead of completely embracing risk, as doubts remained about whether the U.K. will get parliament ratification for its Brexit deal, but Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in Syria. U.S. gold futures for December delivery settled up $4.30, or 0.3%, at $1,498.30 per ounce. In post-settlement trade, gold futures were up just $1.45, or 0.1%, at $1,495.45, at 3:27 PM ET (19:27 GMT) after scaling $1,501.05 at the intraday high. Spot gold was up $1.83, or...
Gold prices were climbing on Wednesday as investors watched global political news surrounding trade, Brexit and reacted to a weaker-than-expected reading of U.S. retail sales, which spurred some haven buying. A report of the retail sales fell 0.3% last month, the government said Thursday, ending a streak of six straight strong gains that helped to fuel economic growth in the middle of the year, as most stores posted lower receipts, signaling that a widely expected slowdown in consumer...
Hong Kong shares closed higher on Wednesday, in line with a rally across Asia and after shrugging off a mid-morning drop when the city's leader was forced to briefly abandon a policy speech owing to heckling by opposition lawmakers.The Hang Seng Index added 0.61 percent, or 160.35 points, to 26,664.28. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.41 percent, or 12.34 points, to 2,978.71, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, eased 0.38...
Wall Street lost ground on Wednesday as weak U.S. economic data and simmering geopolitical tensions spooked buyers away from the equities market, despite a string of generally positive third-quarter earnings reports. Technology shares, led by Microsoft Inc, weighed heaviest, pulling all three major U.S. stock averages into the red. U.S. retail sales contracted in September for the first time in seven months, according to the Commerce Department, in a sign that cracks might be spreading from...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the UK industrial and manufacturing production data on Monday, with the overall industrial activity showing terrible results in the month of December.
Manufacturing output arrived at -0.7% m/m in Dec versus 0.2% expectations and -0.1% (revised from -0.3%) booked in Nov, while total industrial output came in at -0.5% vs. 0.2% expected and -0.3% last.
On an annualized basis, the UK manufacturing production figures came in at -2.1% in Dec, missing expectations of -1.1% by a big margin. Total industrial output dropped further by -0.9% in Dec, missing expectations of a -0.5% reading and against the previous -1.3% (revised up from -1.5%) print.
Separately, the UK goods trade balance numbers were published, which arrived at GBP “12.100 billion in Dec, versus GBP -12.000 billion expectations and GBP -12.020 billion last. Total trade balance (non-EU) came in at GBP -3.600 billion in Dec versus GBP -3.925 billion previous.
Source: FXstreet
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Gold prices ended higher on Wednesday as investors watched global political news surrounding trade and Brexit, and reacted to a weaker-than-expected reading of U.S. retail sales, which spurred some haven buying. Moves for the precious metal came as Brexit and the "usual worries persist" on Turkey, the Middle East, U.S. politics and the global economic outlook, as well as on uncertainty tied to the continued tariff talks with China, said George Gero, managing director, at RBC Wealth...
Investors managed to push gold higher Thursday instead of completely embracing risk, as doubts remained about whether the U.K. will get parliament ratification for its Brexit deal, but Turkey agreed to a ceasefire in Syria. U.S. gold futures for December delivery settled up $4.30, or 0.3%, at $1,498.30 per ounce. In post-settlement trade, gold futures were up just $1.45, or 0.1%, at $1,495.45, at 3:27 PM ET (19:27 GMT) after scaling $1,501.05 at the intraday high. Spot gold was up $1.83, or...
Gold prices were climbing on Wednesday as investors watched global political news surrounding trade, Brexit and reacted to a weaker-than-expected reading of U.S. retail sales, which spurred some haven buying. A report of the retail sales fell 0.3% last month, the government said Thursday, ending a streak of six straight strong gains that helped to fuel economic growth in the middle of the year, as most stores posted lower receipts, signaling that a widely expected slowdown in consumer...
Hong Kong shares closed higher on Wednesday, in line with a rally across Asia and after shrugging off a mid-morning drop when the city's leader was forced to briefly abandon a policy speech owing to heckling by opposition lawmakers.The Hang Seng Index added 0.61 percent, or 160.35 points, to 26,664.28. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.41 percent, or 12.34 points, to 2,978.71, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, eased 0.38...
Wall Street lost ground on Wednesday as weak U.S. economic data and simmering geopolitical tensions spooked buyers away from the equities market, despite a string of generally positive third-quarter earnings reports. Technology shares, led by Microsoft Inc, weighed heaviest, pulling all three major U.S. stock averages into the red. U.S. retail sales contracted in September for the first time in seven months, according to the Commerce Department, in a sign that cracks might be spreading from...