Oil sputtered near $58 a barrel as the OPEC+ coalition failed to pin down the details of an agreement to adjust its official output target even after six hours of talks in Vienna. Futures were little changed in New York after gyrating throughout the previous session. While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is nearing a deal to cut production targets by 500,000 barrels a day, ministers left the cartel™s headquarters on Thursday without cementing an agreement....
The dollar nursed a week of losses on Friday, hit by nervousness on trade and mixed signals about the U.S. economy, while the British pound stood tall as bets firmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson can win a commanding electoral victory. The safe havens of the Japanese yen and Swiss franc were in demand as a hedge against Sino-U.S. trade talks collapsing, and as investors fretted that U.S. jobs figures due later in the day may fail to deliver an expected rebound. The euro held on to...
Gold headed for a second weekly advance as developments in the trade war took center stage and as traders waited for the key monthly U.S. jobs data due later Friday. President Donald Trump said that talks were œmoving along well, although a news report said that Washington and Beijing remained at odds over agricultural purchases. Investors will likely focus on any trade-related headlines in the lead up to Dec. 15, which is when the U.S. has pledged to impose...
Gold futures plunged, erasing a weekly gain, as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data helped ease economic concerns that had fueled demand for the metal as a haven. Payrolls jumped 266,000, the most since January, according to a government report Friday that topped all estimates in a Bloomberg survey calling for 180,000 jobs. Gold has struggled to sustain recent rallies as resilient U.S. economic data and bets on progress toward a U.S.-China trade deal limit demand for the...
Gold slid 1% on Friday as strong U.S. jobs data renewed bets the Federal Reserve would hold pat on interest rates and boosted demand for riskier assets, while supply-squeezed palladium soared to a new record high. U.S. job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November, confirming that the economy remained on a moderate expansion path despite a prolonged manufacturing slump. Spot gold slipped 1% to $1,461.01 per ounce. U.S. gold futures settled down 1.1% at $1,465.1 per...
Hong Kong stocks enjoyed another big rally Tuesday as investors remain confident of a China-US trade deal, while the protests that hammered the city last week show signs of subsiding.
The Hang Seng index climbed 1.55 percent, or 412.71 points, to 27,093.80, having jumped 1.35 percent on Monday.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.85 percent, or 24.79 points, to 2,933.99 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, added 1.83 percent, or 29.61 points, to 1,646.80.
Source : AFP
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Oil sputtered near $58 a barrel as the OPEC+ coalition failed to pin down the details of an agreement to adjust its official output target even after six hours of talks in Vienna. Futures were little changed in New York after gyrating throughout the previous session. While the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is nearing a deal to cut production targets by 500,000 barrels a day, ministers left the cartel™s headquarters on Thursday without cementing an agreement....
The dollar nursed a week of losses on Friday, hit by nervousness on trade and mixed signals about the U.S. economy, while the British pound stood tall as bets firmed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson can win a commanding electoral victory. The safe havens of the Japanese yen and Swiss franc were in demand as a hedge against Sino-U.S. trade talks collapsing, and as investors fretted that U.S. jobs figures due later in the day may fail to deliver an expected rebound. The euro held on to...
Gold headed for a second weekly advance as developments in the trade war took center stage and as traders waited for the key monthly U.S. jobs data due later Friday. President Donald Trump said that talks were œmoving along well, although a news report said that Washington and Beijing remained at odds over agricultural purchases. Investors will likely focus on any trade-related headlines in the lead up to Dec. 15, which is when the U.S. has pledged to impose...
Gold futures plunged, erasing a weekly gain, as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data helped ease economic concerns that had fueled demand for the metal as a haven. Payrolls jumped 266,000, the most since January, according to a government report Friday that topped all estimates in a Bloomberg survey calling for 180,000 jobs. Gold has struggled to sustain recent rallies as resilient U.S. economic data and bets on progress toward a U.S.-China trade deal limit demand for the...
Gold slid 1% on Friday as strong U.S. jobs data renewed bets the Federal Reserve would hold pat on interest rates and boosted demand for riskier assets, while supply-squeezed palladium soared to a new record high. U.S. job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November, confirming that the economy remained on a moderate expansion path despite a prolonged manufacturing slump. Spot gold slipped 1% to $1,461.01 per ounce. U.S. gold futures settled down 1.1% at $1,465.1 per...