Gold headed for a back-to-back decline as President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase-one trade deal with China and an exit poll indicated a comfortable majority for the governing Conservative Party in the U.K.'s national election. Bullion for immediate delivery fell as much as 0.5% in early trading Friday and was 0.3% lower at $1,465.53/oz as of 7:48 a.m. in Singapore. The metal declined 0.3% Thursday. Traders pulled $275 million from the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners...
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index drops a second week as riskier assets gain after U.S.-China agree on a phase-one trade deal and the U.K.™s Conservative Party wins a crushing majority in Thursday™s election. USD/JPY up 0.3% to 109.63 GBP/USD rallies by 2.7% to 1.3514, strongest since May 2018 before paring the advance; flows are nearly 10 times the average for the past month, as they now come two-way with a slight preference to fade dips, according to two traders in...
Gold prices climbed Friday, buoyed by weakness in the dollar and a fall in bond yields, as traders struggled to sort out news that China has agreed to the text of a phase one trade deal with United States. Against that backdrop, February gold rose $3.70, or 0.3%, at $1,476 an ounce, set to more than recover its loss from Thursday. March silver meanwhile, shed 1.9 cents, or 0.1%, to $16.93 an ounce, after four consecutive sessions of gains. Among other metals on Comex, March copper fell 0.5%...
Hong Kong stocks jumped more than two percent Friday after reports said China and the US had finally reached a partial trade agreement that will see Washington cancel tariffs due to be imposed at the weekend. The Hang Seng index soared 2.57 percent, or 693.62 points, to 27,687.76. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 1.78 percent, or 51.98 points, to 2,967.68 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rallied 1.48 percent, or 24.22 points, to...
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished the week at records Friday but enthusiasm over an announced China-U.S. partial trade deal, which had sparked buying Thursday, faded as investors weighed aspects of the so-called phase-one pact. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up about 0.01% at 28,135, missing a record close at 28,164, while the S&P 500 index advanced less than 0.01% to 3,169, enough for a fresh all time high. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 0.2% to end at...
Oil futures declined on Tuesday for a second consecutive session, marking the lowest settlement so far this month and sending U.S. prices below their 50-day moving average.
Expectations for a fourth consecutive weekly rise in U.S. crude supplies and a report from Reuters that said major oil exporter Russia wasn't likely to advocate for deeper cuts during a key meeting of major oil producers in December pressured prices for oil.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery lost $1.84, or 3.2%, to settle at $55.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract, which expires at Wednesday™s settlement, ended Tuesday below its 50-day moving average of $55.59, according to FactSet data.
January Brent crude lost $1.53, or 2.5%, to $60.91 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe, following its 1.4% skid, a day ago. Both crude benchmark marked the lowest front-month contract settlements since Oct. 31, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
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Oil futures settled higher on Friday, with U.S. prices above $60 a barrel for the first time since mid-September. Traders digested news of a preliminary phase one U.S.-China trade deal that helped eas...
Oil rose near the highest level in almost three months after U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on a partial trade deal with China, giving a boost to the fragile outlook for global oil demand. Fu...
Oil prices advanced on Friday in Asia as U.S. President reportedly agreed to a partial deal with China to pause the trade war. U.S. Crude Oil WTI Futures rose 0.5% to $59.48 by 12:01 AM ET (04:01 GMT...
Oil rose to the highest level in almost three months after U.S. President Donald Trump signed off on a limited trade deal with China, improving the global demand outlook. West Texas Intermediate ...
Oil prices rose nearly 1% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was œvery close to nailing down a trade deal with China. Brent crude futures rose 67 cents, or 1%, to $64....
Gold headed for a back-to-back decline as President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase-one trade deal with China and an exit poll indicated a comfortable majority for the governing Conservative Party in the U.K.'s national election. Bullion for immediate delivery fell as much as 0.5% in early trading Friday and was 0.3% lower at $1,465.53/oz as of 7:48 a.m. in Singapore. The metal declined 0.3% Thursday. Traders pulled $275 million from the VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners...
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index drops a second week as riskier assets gain after U.S.-China agree on a phase-one trade deal and the U.K.™s Conservative Party wins a crushing majority in Thursday™s election. USD/JPY up 0.3% to 109.63 GBP/USD rallies by 2.7% to 1.3514, strongest since May 2018 before paring the advance; flows are nearly 10 times the average for the past month, as they now come two-way with a slight preference to fade dips, according to two traders in...
Gold prices climbed Friday, buoyed by weakness in the dollar and a fall in bond yields, as traders struggled to sort out news that China has agreed to the text of a phase one trade deal with United States. Against that backdrop, February gold rose $3.70, or 0.3%, at $1,476 an ounce, set to more than recover its loss from Thursday. March silver meanwhile, shed 1.9 cents, or 0.1%, to $16.93 an ounce, after four consecutive sessions of gains. Among other metals on Comex, March copper fell 0.5%...
Hong Kong stocks jumped more than two percent Friday after reports said China and the US had finally reached a partial trade agreement that will see Washington cancel tariffs due to be imposed at the weekend. The Hang Seng index soared 2.57 percent, or 693.62 points, to 27,687.76. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 1.78 percent, or 51.98 points, to 2,967.68 and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rallied 1.48 percent, or 24.22 points, to...
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished the week at records Friday but enthusiasm over an announced China-U.S. partial trade deal, which had sparked buying Thursday, faded as investors weighed aspects of the so-called phase-one pact. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up about 0.01% at 28,135, missing a record close at 28,164, while the S&P 500 index advanced less than 0.01% to 3,169, enough for a fresh all time high. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 0.2% to end at...