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...
The French earthquake detection agency says a moderate tremor measuring 5.4 in magnitude has struck southern France in a remote area of the Drome department between Lyon and Marseille.
The agency said the quake occurred before noon Monday and its epicenter was situated near the town of Montelimar in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region.
According to messages posted on social networks, a slight jolt was felt in Montpellier, Lyon, St Etienne, Grenoble, Avignon and Marseille.
Source : VOA
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Ankara is threatening retaliation against Washington if hit by sanctions. The warning comes as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on measures against Turkey over its procuring of Russian defense system...
New Zealand authorities say conditions on White Island continue to prevent efforts to send search crews to recover the bodies of those killed in Monday's volcanic eruption. Seismologists with New Zea...
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...