Precious Metals

Mixed US economic data met a successful Greek bond sale last night to send Wall Street higher on low volume. Dow up 47. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDST)

A new set of harsher budget measures from Greece got the thumbs up last night as mixed US data kept Wall Street flat. Dow down 9.

Wall Street was mixed last night, masking decent moves up in commodity-based stocks as pressure begins to rebuild for the US dollar. Dow up 2. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDST)

Global manufacturing data met US takeover activity, Greek bail-out plans and an increasingly worried UK last night. Dow up 78.

BA-ML has removed Toll from its in-house favourites, while chartists believe we may have seen the high for crude oil already.

Wall Street panicked last night over double-dip fears ahead of an afternoon recovery. Dow down 53. (Locked for subscribers until 10:00 AEDST)

Rates will stay low for a long time, said Bernanke to Congress, and Wall Street was soothed once more. Dow up 91.

A big drop in US consumer confidence, along with flagging European sentiment, sent Wall Street south once more last night. Dow down 100.

It was a light volume calm before potential stormy weather ahead on Wall Street last night. Dow down 18.

A report by Citi’s Alan Heap appears to have brought back speculation the Chinese might be buyers of IMF gold.