-- Published: Thursday, 24 December 2015 | Print | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss | On Week |
Gold | $1076.70 | +$7.10 | +1.01% |
Silver | $14.36 | +$0.05 | +1.84% |
XAU | 47.80 | +2.33% | +7.34% |
HUI | 116.74 | +2.58% | +6.86% |
GDM | 396.58 | +2.09% | +5.46% |
JSE Gold | 1117.40 | +15.40 | +9.58% |
USD | 97.99 | -0.31 | -0.72% |
Euro | 109.55 | +0.40 | +0.79% |
Yen | 83.14 | +0.42 | +0.82% |
Oil | $37.94 | +$0.44 | +9.24% |
10-Year | 2.243% | -0.021 | +2.00% |
Bond | 155.00 | +0.75 | -1.82% |
Dow | 17552.17 | -0.29% | +2.47% |
Nasdaq | 5048.49 | +0.05% | +2.55% |
S&P | 2060.99 | -0.16% | +2.77% |
The Metals:
Gold climbed to as high as $1076.85 by early afternoon in New York before it edged back lower, but it still ended with a gain of 0.66%. Silver rose to as high as $14.396 and ended with a gain of 0.35%.
Euro gold rose to about €983, platinum gained $16 to $882, and copper remained at about $2.13.
Gold and silver equities rose over 2% by midday and remained near that level for the rest of trade.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
Initial Claims | 12/19 | 267K | 271K | 272K |
Unconverted: Contrarian economist unswayed by Fed's liftoff Reuters
Consumer Comfort in U.S. Rises to Highest in Almost Two Months Bloomberg
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, Pending Home Sales on Wednesday, and Initial Jobless Claims and Chicago PMI on Thursday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil added onto yesterday’s supply driven gains.
The U.S. dollar index fell and treasuries rose as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P traded mixed in holiday thinned trade.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Anglo American, PetroChina, MBIA, SAC Capital, KaloBios, and DraftKings.
GATA Posts:
GATA's Ed Steer to speak at Vancouver Resource Investment Conference
George Gilder indicts central banking, sees gold as the money of the future
The Statistics:
As of close of business: 12/22/2015
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 6,400,831.025 | +4,000.00 |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 159,663,409.936 | -136,703.919 |
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 | 645.939 | 20,767,584 | US$22,255m |
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$4,765m |
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$5,263m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 11.16 | 358,789 | US$386m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 29.17 | 937,911 | US$1,010m |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 154.32: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,962.97: -25.20 change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
WINNERS
1. New Gold | NGD +7.56% $2.42 |
2. First Majestic | AG +6.14% $3.63 |
3. Silver Standard | SSRI +5.66% $5.41 |
LOSERS
1. Turquoise | TRQ -2.66% $2.56 |
2. Sandstorm | SAND -0.36% $2.74 |
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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