-- Published: Tuesday, 15 August 2017 | Print | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss |
Gold | $1272.50 | -$9.50 |
Silver | $16.65 | -$0.42 |
XAU | 82.20 | -1.31% |
HUI | 192.53 | -1.36% |
GDM | 627.45 | -1.08% |
JSE Gold | 1335.16 | -39.44 |
USD | 93.81 | +0.39 |
Euro | 117.37 | -0.50 |
Yen | 90.00 | -1.00 |
Oil | $47.55 | -$0.04 |
10-Year | 2.276% | +0.057 |
T-Bond | 154.25 | -0.90625 |
Dow | 21998.99 | +0.02% |
Nasdaq | 6333.01 | -0.11% |
S&P | 2464.61 | -0.05% |
The Metals:
Gold fell $14.30 to $1267.70 at about 9AM EST before it chopped back higher at times, but it still ended with a loss of 0.74%. Silver slipped to as low as $16.583 and ended with a loss of 2.46%.
Euro gold fell to about €1084, platinum lost $5 to $962, and copper fell a couple of cents to about $2.89.
Gold and silver equities dropped over 1% at the open and remained near that level for the rest of the day.
The Economy:
U.S. Housing Market Index Jumps More Than Expected In August
U.S. business inventories post biggest gain in seven months
Empire State factory index throttles to highest in nearly three years
US import prices rose 0.1% in July, as expected
Broad-Based Advance in U.S. Retail Sales Shows Solid Spending
Tomorrow brings Housing Starts, Building Permits, and FOMC Minutes.
The Markets:
Oil traded mostly lower but ended with only a modest loss ahead of tomorrow’s supply data.
The U.S. dollar index rose and treasuries fell again on better than expected economic data.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P held near unchanged as easing geopolitical tensions were offset by interest rate uncertainty.
Among the big names making news in the market today were Home Depot, Uber, and Amazon.
GATA Posts:
Nico Simons: LBMA is the front for gold market rigging by central banks
With recession looming, central banks better make peace with negative rates
US dollar's fall could become a self-fulfilling prophecy
Silver is about to break free of central bank suppression, Turk tells KWN
The Statistics:
As of close of business: 8/14/2017
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 8,632,167.752 | - |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 216,021,951.980 | -91,333.45 |
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 | 791.008 | 25,431,705 | US$32,301m |
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$5,653m |
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$6,248m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 11.16 | 358,789 | US$456m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 34.33 | 1,103,760 | US$1,383m |
Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR added 4.139 tonnes.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 213.28: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,445.33: No change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Great Panther’s (GPL) new vice presidents, Endeavour Silver’s (EXK) drill results, and Silvercorp’s (SVM) exploration program results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.
WINNERS
1. Nevsun | NSU +3.90% $2.01 |
2. Franco Nevada | FNV +0.84% $70.55 |
3. Paramount | PZG +0.69% $1.40 |
LOSERS
1. McEwen | MUX -5.04% $2.23 |
2. B2Gold | BTG -3.95% $2.42 |
3. Gold Fields | GFI -3.65% $3.95 |
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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