-- Published: Friday, 17 October 2014 | Print | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss | On Week |
Gold | $1237.80 | -$1.70 | +1.15% |
Silver | $17.28 | -$0.10 | -0.40% |
XAU | 77.07 | -2.81% | -0.25% |
HUI | 187.01 | -3.47% | -1.04% |
GDM | 573.73 | -3.04% | -0.18% |
JSE Gold | 1126.45 | -30.29 | -3.12% |
USD | 85.20 | +0.27 | -0.81% |
Euro | 127.62 | -0.47 | +1.17% |
Yen | 93.56 | -0.49 | +0.78% |
Oil | $83.02 | +$0.32 | -3.26% |
10-Year | 2.199% | +0.046 | -4.68% |
Bond | 142.8125 | -0.59375 | +1.04% |
Dow | 16380.41 | +1.63% | -0.99% |
Nasdaq | 4258.43 | +0.97% | -0.42% |
S&P | 1886.76 | +1.29% | -1.02% |
The Metals:
Gold edged up to $1241.19 in Asia before it fell back to $1231.88 by midmorning in New York, but it then bounced back higher in early afternoon trade and ended with a loss of just 0.14%. Silver slipped to as low as $17.232 and ended with a loss of 0.58%.
Euro gold rose to about €970, platinum gained $9 to $1256, and copper climbed a couple of cents to about $3.00.
Gold and silver equities fell about 3% by early afternoon and remained near that level into the close.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
Housing Starts | Sep | 1017K | 1013K | 957K |
Building Permits | Sep | 1018K | 1030K | 1003K |
Michigan Sentiment | Oct | 86.4 | 84.0 | 84.6 |
Yellen ‘Greatly’ Concerned by Widening U.S Inequality Bloomberg
All of this week’s other economic reports:
NAHB Housing Market Index - October | 54 v. 59 |
Next week’s economic highlights include Existing Home Sales on Tuesday, CPI on Wednesday, Initial Jobless Claims, the FHFA Housing Price Index, and Leading Economic Indicators on Thursday, and New Home Sales on Friday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil continued to bounce back from significant losses seen over the past few weeks.
The U.S. dollar index rose on decent economic data.
Treasuries fell as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P rose nearly 2% on positive earnings reports and the outlook for more easy monetary policy from the world’s central banks.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Synchrony, Honeywell, and GE.
GATA Posts:
China gold production seen falling, prompting more imports
The Statistics:
Activity from: 10/16/2014
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 9,006,797.008 | -2,411.25 |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 179,718,523.190 | -1,716,910.92 |
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) AND Mexico Stock Exchange (BMV) | SPDR® Gold Shares | 760.935 | 24,464,818 | US$30,272m |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) | Gold Bullion Securities | 138.13 | 4,441,056 | US$5,478m |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) AND NYSE Euronext Amsterdam | ETFS Physical Gold | 152.66 | 4,908,200 | US$8,004m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 11.16 | 358,789 | US$443m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 38.40 | 1,234,459 | US$1,506m |
Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR added 1.794 tonnes.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 161.40: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,717.20: No change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Turquoise Hill’s (TRQ) treasury bill repayment, Richmont’s (RIC) new CEO, and Timmins Gold’s (TGD) third quarter production results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines Friday.
WINNERS
1. Revett | RVM +5.15% $1.02 |
2. Richmont | RIC +0.83% $2.43 |
3. Turquoise | TRQ +0.61% $3.31 |
LOSERS
1. Allied Nevada | ANV -8.65% $2.43 |
2. Avino | ASM -8.33% $1.43 |
3. AuRico | AUQ -7.77% $3.56 |
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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