-- Posted Wednesday, 23 May 2012 | | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss |
Gold | $1561.20 | -$5.60 |
Silver | $27.84 | -$0.29 |
XAU | 156.88 | +4.05% |
HUI | 421.78 | +4.13% |
GDM | 1227.97 | +4.27% |
JSE Gold | 2399.49 | -31.52 |
USD | 81.97 | +0.32 |
Euro | 125.96 | -0.88 |
Yen | 125.84 | +0.79 |
Oil | $89.90 | -$1.95 |
10-Year | 1.721% | -0.072 |
T-Bond | 148.28125 | +1.50 |
Dow | 12496.15 | -0.05% |
Nasdaq | 2850.12 | +0.39% |
S&P | 1318.86 | +0.17% |
The Metals:
Gold reversed early losses in Asia and bumped back up to $1564.42 in early New York trade before it fell all the way back to $1533.50 by a little after noon EST, but it then stormed back higher in late trade and ended with a loss of just 0.36%. Silver slumped to as low as $27.122 before it also rallied back higher and ended with a loss of 1.03%.
Euro gold rose to about €1239, platinum lost $21 to $1422, and copper fell another few cents to about $3.43.
Gold and silver equities fell about 3% by midmorning, but they then climbed back higher for most of the rest of trade and ended with over 4% gains.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
New Home Sales | Apr | 343K | 339K | 332K |
Home Prices Rose Most in Two Decades in March, FHFA Says sfgate
Mortgage applications up on refi demand: MBA Reuters
Tomorrow at 8:30AM EST brings Initial Jobless Claims for 5/19 expected at 365,000 and Durable Goods Orders for April expected at 0.3%. Excluding transportation, orders are expected at 1.0%.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil fell as the U.S. dollar index rose on worries over Greece that sent the euro to a new 21-month low.
Treasuries remained higher after today’s $35 billion 5-year note auction sold at a record low yield of 0.748% with a bid to cover of 2.99.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P fell for most of trade on continued concerns about Europe, but they then rallied back higher in late trade and ended near unchanged.
Euro zone to prepare for Greek exit scenario: sources Reuters
Among the big names making news in the market today were Toll Brothers, Facebook, Dell, Ford, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan.
The Commentary:
Check today’s comments on SilverSeek’s newly launched Comment Wire for Analysis from Peter Spina, Bill Murphy, and Julian Phillips.
“I have been convinced for some time now that the Fed is growing increasingly concerned about the impact from both the Eurozone and the slowdown in China on the US economy. The swooning equity markets in the US ( the S&P 500 is almost negative on the year as of the low today) are heralding investor fears and uncertainty over when the next round of stimulus might be coming.
Yet the Fed continues to remain relatively silent when it comes to committing to any definitive date for another round of bond purchases even as the yield on the Ten Year Note is now close to 1.70%, having clearly broken below the critical 1.8% level last week.
I have maintained for some time that the Fed fully understands the impact that another round of QE will unleash on the commodity markets and is therefore attempting to see these markets driven lower before engaging more actively in QE talk. As stated many times here already, the danger they face in this gambit that they are playing is a collapsing stock market. One wonders just how much more downside they are going to try to squeeze out of the commodity markets before stepping in.
If you notice on the chart below, the CCI has one more line of support near the 500 level, which is the 38.2% retracement level of the entire rally from the 2008 low. If that does not halt the decline in the commodity world in general, then it is quite conceivable that the index could fall all the way to the 50% retracement level near 438. That level is also reinforced as technically significant as it is near the lower tine of the pitchfork drawn off the 2001 low and 2008 high, an area where we can expect to see some buying emerge.
While one can see that the long term macro trend on commodity prices remains higher, the intermediate trend is lower as is the minor trend which can be clearly seen on a daily chart.
For the silver guys out there, you will need to see this chart show some definite signs of bottoming before silver can be expected to start any sort of uptrending move.”- Dan Norcini, More at http://www.traderdannorcini.blogspot.com/
GATA Posts:
Murphy's 'Midas' commentary posted at GoldSeek
The Statistics:
As of close of business: 5/21/2012
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 11,001,550.714 | - |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 141,932,526.460 | +109,426.15 |
Global Gold ETF Holdings
[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]
| Product name | Total Tonnes | Total Ounces | Total Value |
New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) | SPDR® Gold Shares | awaited | awaited | US$awaited |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) | Gold Bullion Securities | awaited | awaited | US$awaited |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) AND NYSE Euronext Amsterdam | ETFS Physical Gold | awaited | awaited | US$awaited |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | awaited | awaited | US$awaited |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | awaited | awaited | US$awaited |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 176.34: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,649.21: No change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Ivanhoe’s (IVN) rights offering, Golden Star’s (GSS) market activity, and Coeur’s (CDE) temporary mine shut-down and safety awards were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.
WINNERS
1. Seabridge | SA +17.44% $15.42 |
2. Exeter | XRA +13.81% $2.06 |
3. ITH | THM+13.03% $3.21 |
LOSERS
1. Northern Dynasty | NAK -3.52% $2.47 |
2. Avino | ASM -3.11% $1.25 |
3. Gold Reserve | GRZ -2.99% $3.24 |
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.
Please see Yahoo’s Mining/Metals News Wire for all of today’s mining news.
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