-- Published: Wednesday, 7 March 2018 | Print | Disqus
| Close | Gain/Loss |
Gold | $1325.20 | -$8.50 |
Silver | $16.48 | -$0.26 |
XAU | 78.79 | -2.48% |
HUI | 173.41 | -2.50% |
GDM | 605.87 | -1.64% |
JSE Gold | 1138.24 | -1.85 |
USD | 89.58 | -0.04 |
Euro | 124.13 | +0.03 |
Yen | 94.35 | +0.09 |
Oil | $61.15 | -$1.45 |
10-Year | 2.882% | -0.002 |
T-Bond | 144.125 | -0.28125 |
Dow | 24801.36 | -0.33% |
Nasdaq | 7396.65 | +0.33% |
S&P | 2726.80 | -0.05% |
The Metals:
Gold fell $10.90 to $1322.80 in early afternoon New York trade before it edged back higher into the close, but it still ended with a loss of 0.64%. Silver slipped to as low as $16.437 and ended with a loss of 1.55%.
Euro gold fell to about €1068, platinum lost $16 to $950, and copper dropped 2 cents to about $3.13.
Gold and silver equities fell over 2% in the first two hours of trade and remained near that level for the rest of the day.
The Economy:
Companies in U.S. Add More Jobs Than Expected, ADP Data Show Bloomberg
U.S. fourth-quarter unit labor costs revised higher Reuters
U.S. trade deficit in January hits nearly 10-year high MarketWatch
U.S. mortgage requests steady as borrowing costs hit four-year high: MBA Reuters
Tomorrow brings Initial Jobless Claims.
The Markets:
Oil fell over 2% after the Energy Information Administration reported that crude inventories rose 2.4 million barrels, gasoline inventories fell 800,000 barrels, and distillates fell 600,000 barrels.
The U.S. dollar index traded mixed along with treasuries on uncertainty over tariffs following the resignation of Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council and a top economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P fell roughly 1% by midday, but they then rallied back higher into the close and ended mixed on signs that Trump’s tariff proposals may include exclusions for key partners.
Among the big names making news in the market today were Dollar Tree, Broadcom, GE, Exxon, Brown-Forman, McDonald's, and Abercrombie & Fitch.
GATA Posts:
Robert Lambourne: Use of gold derivatives by BIS declines by 55 tonnes in February
The Statistics:
As of close of business: 3/6/2018
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 9,105,508.496 | +17,304.857 |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 251,724,499.731 | +8,791.624 |
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 | 833.984 | 26,813,431 | US$35,632m |
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$5,902m |
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$6,497m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 11.16 | 358,789 | US$476m |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 265.05: No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,893.07: No change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
WINNERS
1. Americas Silver | USAS +2.28% $3.59 |
2. Nevsun | NSU +1.80% $2.26 |
3. Turquoise | TRQ +0.93% $3.27 |
LOSERS
1. Harmony | HMY -5.73% $2.14 |
2. Avino | ASM -5.22% $1.27 |
3. Sandstorm | SAND -4.36% $4.61 |
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.
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