Precious Metals

Questions over European bank stress tests saw Wall Street sell off last night amidst minimal volume. Dow down 107.

Markets took a breather last night with the US closed for the Labor Day holiday.

A wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead.

More positive data last night has Wall Street primed for good news tonight on the jobs front, as a late rally suggests. Dow up 50.

If ETF investors were a central bank, they’d now be number six on the list of world gold reserves, as analysts continue to lift their price targets.

Wall Street cherry-picked the good news last night from China, Australia and locally to stage a 254 point Dow rally. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEST)

Wall Street closed flat last night ahead of important data this week, with Dow 10,000 still the line in the sand.

Kingsgate Consolidate delivered a solid FY10 profit result and analysts sees the company filling the mid-tier Oz gold producer void.

The lack of substance in Friday’s rally was shown up last night as Wall Street simply turned around and retraced. Dow down 140.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with Barclays cutting oil price forecasts, Standard Bank still positive on gold prices and updates on the aluminium market and bulk contract negotiations.