-- Published: Friday, 24 April 2015 | Print | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss | On Week |
Gold | $1178.60 | -$16.10 | -2.15% |
Silver | $15.72 | -$0.17 | -3.32% |
XAU | 69.95 | -0.96% | -1.40% |
HUI | 173.79 | -1.64% | -1.65% |
GDM | 539.44 | -1.54% | -1.57% |
JSE Gold | 1298.09 | -36.50 | -2.48% |
USD | 96.92 | -0.36 | -0.49% |
Euro | 108.64 | +0.40 | +0.51% |
Yen | 84.09 | +0.44 | -0.04% |
Oil | $57.15 | -$0.59 | +2.53% |
10-Year | 1.917% | -0.030 | +3.62% |
Bond | 162.6875 | +0.65625 | -1.61% |
Dow | 18080.14 | +0.12% | +1.42% |
Nasdaq | 5092.08 | +0.71% | +3.25% |
S&P | 2117.69 | +0.23% | +1.75% |
The Metals:
Gold edged up to $1195.88 in late Asian trade, but it then fell back off in London and New York and ended near its early afternoon low of $1175.24 with a loss of 1.35%. Silver slipped to as low as $15.611 and ended with a loss of 1.07%.
Euro gold fell to about €1085, platinum lost $14 to $1120, and copper climbed 4 cents to about $2.74.
Gold and silver equities fell roughly 1% in the first 45 minutes of trade and remained near that level for the rest of the day.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
Durable Goods | Mar | 4.0% | 0.5% | -1.4% |
Durable Goods -ex trans. | Mar | -0.2% | 0.4% | -1.3% |
All of this week’s other economic reports:
Next week’s economic highlights include the Case-Shiller 20-city Index and Consumer Confidence on Tuesday, GDP, Pending Home Sales, and a FOMC Rate Decision on Wednesday, Initial Jobless Claims, Personal Income and Spending, Core PCE Prices, the Employment Cost Index, and Chicago PMI on Thursday, and Construction Spending, the ISM Index, and Michigan Sentiment on Friday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil fell about 1% on profit taking today, but it still gained over 2.5% on the week.
The U.S. dollar index dropped on more poor economic data that sent treasuries higher.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P rose on mostly better than expected earnings reports.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Cnooc, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Comcast.
GATA Posts:
South African gold miners union plans to demand wage hikes of 75%
The Statistics:
Activity from: 4/23/2015
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 7,751,973.171 | -160,384.771 |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 175,190,351.676 | - |
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 | 742.347 | 23,867,202 | US$28,226m |
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$5,236m |
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$5,786m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 11.16 | 358,789 | US$422m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 29.03 | 933,347 | US$1,116m |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 165.58: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,209.61: +59.47 change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Barrick’s (ABX) pay structure, Yamana’s (AUY) acquisition, and Silver Bull’s (SVBL) AGM results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines Friday.
WINNERS
1. Newmont | NEM +6.52% $24.98 |
2. Turquoise | TRQ +4.66% $4.04 |
3. Freeport | FCX +3.74% $20.82 |
LOSERS
1. Coeur | CDE -7.01% $5.17 |
2. Primero | PPP -5.71% $3.47 |
3. Sandstorm | SAND -4.48% $3.41 |
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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