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| Close | Gain/Loss |
Gold | $553.10 | +$1.50 |
Silver | $10.31 | +$0.10 |
XAU | 132.50 | +1.73% |
HUI | 304.73 | +1.37% |
GDM | 970.98 | +1.49% |
JSE Gold | 2663.01 | +2.16% |
USD | 89.71 | -0.31 |
Euro | 120.69 | +0.48 |
Yen | 85.29 | +0.14 |
Oil | $62.17 | -$0.93 |
10-Year | 4.731% | +0.035 |
T-Bond | 110.65625 | -0.46875 |
Dow | 11209.77 | +0.52% |
Nasdaq | 2311.84 | +0.69% |
S&P | 1303.02 | +0.43% |
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 7,527,352 | - |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 126,099,581 | - |
Gold and silver remained near unchanged in Asia and London before gaining in morning New York trade to over $555 and $10.35, but they then both fell off a bit into the close and ended with only about half of the day’s morning gains. Silver made a new 22-year closing high.
Euro gold remained near €460, platinum gained $13 to $1,024, palladium gained $10 to $313, and copper remained above $2.25. Palladium rose to a new 23 month high.
Gold and silver equities rose about 2% at the open but slumped to near unchanged midday before rallying into the close to end back up near their highs of the session.
More Precious Metals Analysis:
“The gold market made an early run and managed the rise in the face of a soft energy market and a weaker equity market. We suspect that the stronger than expected Empire State Manufacturing Index readings helped the market rise early and the market was also lifted by a weaker Dollar. On balance the Press suggested that the majority of the buying interest came off the positive action in South African Mining shares and because of increased consumer buying. Later in the session the precious metals gave back a moderate portion of the gains but the silver market did manage a fresh 22 year high during the session. It should also be noted that a number of critical moving averages were violated on the early rally and that could embolden technical buyers.” - The Hightower Report, Futures Analysis and Forecasting
“Not enough drive in the gold price to send it higher, yet and it is still in the $535 - $555 range. The action is being made today in New York as it has been since the gold price tumbled to the bottom of this range. India is still waiting for lower prices, not happy with this volatility still. However, as the wedding season gets underway in earnest one wonders how long it will take an irate Mother to push a cautious father into buying?” - Julian D.W. Phillips of www.goldforecaster.com
Oil traded slightly lower ahead of inventory reports that showed crude inventories built 4.8 million barrels, gasoline inventories fell 900,000 barrels, and distillates fell 3.9 million barrels. The crude build was larger than expected, the gasoline drop was about as expected, and the distillates drop was larger than expected, so it was a mixed report that resulted in oil holding mostly slightly lower for the rest of trade.
The U.S. dollar index fell as an economically strong NY Empire State Index report was not able to overcome structural economic worries raised by the Net Foreign Purchases report.
Treasuries fell on the economically strong NY Empire State Index report, pushing the yield on the 10-year back near 20-month highs set on Monday.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P remained near unchanged for most of trade but rose following the release of the fed’s Beige Book that indicated “moderate” economic growth. “Moderate” growth does not put pressure on the fed to continue to raise interest rates and that may have encouraged investors. The Dow and S&P rose to new 4 and ľ year highs.
Among the big names making news in the market today were Delphi and the UAW, DuPont, Dubai Ports World, H&R Block, Refco, KKR and GMAC, Lehman Brothers, Sears, Echostar, and Sony.
GATA Posts:
James Turk: U.S. government debt is economic suicide
Gold & Silver Stock News Update from GoldReview.com:
AngloGold’s slightly lower gold output, Bema Gold’s letter of intent with Rolling Rock Resources over the Monument Bay Property, Harmony Gold’s and DRDGOLD’s battle with Mittal over steel prices, Gammon Lake’s exercised warrants of Mexgold, Eldorado Gold’s conference call notification, and Barrick Gold’s completed acquisition of Placer Dome were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.
WINNERS
1. Nevsun Resources | NSU +8.66% $2.51 |
2. Cardero Resources | CDY +7.86% $3.02 |
3. Silver Standard | SSRI +5.97% $18.83 |
LOSERS
1. Cambior | CBJ -2.95% $2.96 |
2. Gold Reserve | GRZ -2.88% $4.72 |
3. Rio Narcea | RNO -2.69% $1.81 |
All of today's gold and silver stock news:
Barrick completes $10.4 bln Placer Dome takeover - "Toronto-based Barrick, which had been gathering the rest of Placer shares after obtaining a 94 percent stake in early February, is now the world's biggest gold producer, ahead of U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Barrick Completes Acquisition of Placer Dome - "Barrick Gold Corporation announces that it has acquired all of the remaining common shares of Placer Dome Inc. pursuant to its statutory right of compulsory acquisition." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Corriente Awards Engineering and Procurement Work to SNC-Lavalin for Mirador Copper Mine - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Rolling Rock Resources Corporation Monument Bay Property - "Under the terms of the letter of intent with Bema, the Company will purchase Bema's 70% interest in the Project in consideration for the issuance of 8,000,000 common shares in the capital of the Company upon closing, representing approximately 33.7% of then issued and outstanding Shares. The Company will issue to Bema a further 4,000,000 Shares upon completion of a feasibility study and 3,000,000 upon the commencement of commercial production. The Company will also grant a 1.5% net smelter return royalty to Bema. In the event that commercial production commences on the Project, Bema will be issued a total of 15,000,000 Shares." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
D'Arianne Intersects More Than 11 Grams of Gold on Opinaca - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Pinnacle Mines Ltd.: MineFill Services Completes Resource Calculation and 3-D Model of Silver Coin - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Alamos Gold Inc.: Additional Drill Results Extend Escondida Hanging Wall Zone, Mulatos Deposit, Mexico - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Woodruff Capital Management Selects Met-Chem to Undertake Scoping Study on Estrades and Extends Drilling Program - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Petaquilla Welcomes Tom Byrne as Manager of Corporate Communications - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Rainy River Project: Additional High Grade Gold Intersection in Core of #17 Zone; 11.57 g/t Au Over 15 Metres - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
MDN Northern Mining: Drill Targets Confirmed in Eritrea - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Novicourt Inc. Announces Falconbridge Limiteds Intention to make a Cash Offer by way of a Takeover Bid for all Shares of Novicourt not Already Owned - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Au Martinique Silver Inc. Expands El Salvador Gold-Silver Land Holdings As A Result of 2005 Exploration Results - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Finkolo's high grade mineralization extends over 1.7 kilometers - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Harmony battles S.Africa's Mittal over steel prices - "South Africa's Harmony Gold and DRDGOLD on Wednesday reignited a battle, launched more than two years ago, to persuade competition authorities to curb what they call Mittal SA's excessive pricing of flat steel products. Harmony, the world's fifth largest gold producer, and its smaller rival DRDGOLD accused Mittal at the Competition Tribunal of contravening competition law and abusing its market dominance by over-charging for steel products." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Franklin Mining, COMIBOL and Local Cooperatives Continue Work on Their JV Agreement for Attempting to Increase Cerro Rico Productivity - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Moydow Mines Announces Proposed Private Placement of up to US $2,000,000 - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Galantas Gold Corporation Makes Pre-Admission Announcement on London's AIM Exchange - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd.: New President Appointed - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Palmarejo Reports New Encouraging Drill Results from Guadalupe Project - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Azimut: Airborne Geophysical Survey Begins at Opinaca, James Bay, Quebec - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Olympus Successfully Exports First Gold Dore - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Apogee Trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Western Warrior Signs Drill Contract to Probe Eppler Lake Project West of Churchill - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Mirasol Announces Brokered Private Placement - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Golden Eagle Evaluates Production Potential on Two Gold Anomalies on its Precambrian Claims in Eastern Bolivia - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Everton Begins Airborne Geophysical Survey on Opinaca and Wildcat Projects, in James Bay, Quebec - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Temex reports drill results from Whitney Property, Timmins gold camp - Multiple gold-bearing zones intersected on Hugh Pam Zone - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Big Red Diamond Acquires Property Close to Lakeshore Gold's Bristol Mine - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Alexis Receives $3.5 Million In Quebec Exploration Rebates - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
HuntMountain Resources Acquires Prospective Gold Properties in Argentina - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Exeter Resource Corporation: New High-Grade Gold Intersections Extend Recent Discoveries-Two Gold Zones Likely Linked - More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Eldorado Gold Announces 2005 Financial Results Release Date and Conference Call - "Eldorado Gold Corporation will release its 2005 Financial Results before markets open on Thursday, March 23, 2006. Following the release, Paul Wright, President and Chief Executive Officer, of the Company will host a conference call at 8:00 AM PST (11:00 AM EST) on March 23, 2006." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
Gammon Lake Resources Inc. Exercises 2,950,000 Warrants of Mexgold Resources Inc. - "Gammon Lake Resources is the controlling shareholder of Mexgold. Prior to the exercise of the Mexgold warrants, Mexgold had 48,673,901 shares issued and outstanding, of which Gammon Lake owned 10,900,000 common shares and 2,950,000 warrants. At that time Gammon Lake owned 22.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Mexgold on a non-diluted basis. As part of the exercise of the Mexgold warrants by all of the Mexgold warrant holders, Gammon Lake exercised the 2,950,000 Mexgold warrants it held for total proceeds of $7,375,000." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
AngloGold sees slightly lower gold output this year - "South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti Ltd expects gold production to decline marginally to 5.9 million-6.1 million troy ounces in 2006, the company said Wednesday." More
- March 15, 2006 | Item | E-mail
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