Gold shrugged off earlier gains to fall on Wednesday, as a report suggesting progress on the U.S.-China trade negotiations rekindled risk appetite, while palladium notched up a fresh peak. Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $1,472.26 per ounce. Prices had hit $1,484 earlier in the session, their highest level since Nov. 7. U.S. gold futures settled down 0.3% at $1,480.2. Elsewhere, platinum fell nearly 1% to $901.38 an ounce, while palladium rose 0.6% to $1,866.63. Elsewhere, silver shed 1.9% to...
Gold futures finished higher Thursday, recouping much of the losses suffered a day earlier, as traders awaited monthly domestic employment data due at the end of the week, which may influence haven demand for the precious metal. Gold for February delivery on Comex added $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,483.10 an ounce, following a loss of 0.3% on Wednesday. March silver rose 14.3 cents, or 0.9%, to $17.059 an ounce, on the back of a 1.9% loss a day earlier. January platinum declined 0.1% to...
Oil held firm in Asian trading Thursday after surging on increasing optimism for a U.S.-China trade deal, a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, and as OPEC and its allies prepared to discuss extending or possibly deepening output limits. Futures in New York were little changed after surging 4.2% on Wednesday. The U.S. and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal, people familiar with the talks said. That...
Hong Kong stocks tumbled Wednesday after Donald Trump poured cold water on trade talks with China, indicating a hoped-for phase-one agreement might not be concluded until after next year's presidential election. The Hang Seng index sank 1.25 per cent, or 328.74 points, to 26,062.56. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.23 per cent, or 6.58 points, to 2,878.12 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose 0.20 per cent, or 3.19 points, to...
The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releases coming from the United States this week, after disappointments from the ISM Manufacturing PMI and the ADP Employment Report. The US dollar extended its losses after the release, with EUR/USD touching 1.1110 before retracing back just below 1.11 and GBP/USD making new multi-month highs at...
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pulled down by a larger-than-expected build-up in U.S. crude stocks, after gaining for three straight sessions on expectations of an easing of in U.S.-China trade tensions.
Brent crude futures were at $62.60 a barrel by 0330 GMT, down 36 cents, or 0.6%. Brent settled up 1.3% on Tuesday.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 29 cents, or 0.5%, to $56.94 per barrel, having closed up 1.2% in the previous session.
U.S. crude inventories rose by 4.3 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 1 to 440.5 million barrels, according to data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) released on Tuesday. That was nearly triple analysts' forecast for an increase of 1.5 million barrels.
Source : Reuters
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Gold shrugged off earlier gains to fall on Wednesday, as a report suggesting progress on the U.S.-China trade negotiations rekindled risk appetite, while palladium notched up a fresh peak. Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $1,472.26 per ounce. Prices had hit $1,484 earlier in the session, their highest level since Nov. 7. U.S. gold futures settled down 0.3% at $1,480.2. Elsewhere, platinum fell nearly 1% to $901.38 an ounce, while palladium rose 0.6% to $1,866.63. Elsewhere, silver shed 1.9% to...
Gold futures finished higher Thursday, recouping much of the losses suffered a day earlier, as traders awaited monthly domestic employment data due at the end of the week, which may influence haven demand for the precious metal. Gold for February delivery on Comex added $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,483.10 an ounce, following a loss of 0.3% on Wednesday. March silver rose 14.3 cents, or 0.9%, to $17.059 an ounce, on the back of a 1.9% loss a day earlier. January platinum declined 0.1% to...
Oil held firm in Asian trading Thursday after surging on increasing optimism for a U.S.-China trade deal, a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, and as OPEC and its allies prepared to discuss extending or possibly deepening output limits. Futures in New York were little changed after surging 4.2% on Wednesday. The U.S. and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal, people familiar with the talks said. That...
Hong Kong stocks tumbled Wednesday after Donald Trump poured cold water on trade talks with China, indicating a hoped-for phase-one agreement might not be concluded until after next year's presidential election. The Hang Seng index sank 1.25 per cent, or 328.74 points, to 26,062.56. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.23 per cent, or 6.58 points, to 2,878.12 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose 0.20 per cent, or 3.19 points, to...
The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releases coming from the United States this week, after disappointments from the ISM Manufacturing PMI and the ADP Employment Report. The US dollar extended its losses after the release, with EUR/USD touching 1.1110 before retracing back just below 1.11 and GBP/USD making new multi-month highs at...