Metals News
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Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India resigned days after she was reportedly caught by airport authorities smuggling nearly $2 million worth of gold into the country. Zakia Wardak, the Afghan Consul-General in India’s financial capital Mumbai, posted a statement on social media platform X announcing her resignation. Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi shut ...
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The governor of Colombia’s central-northern department of Santander, Juvenal Díaz, denounced the presence of members of the Gulf Clan, also known as the Gaitanista Army of Colombia (EGC), in the Santurbán moor. The EGC is a neo-paramilitary group and likely the country’s largest drug cartel, which was created after the demobilization of the United ...
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When it comes to Contracts for Difference (CFDs), one of the most common questions among traders is how long do you hold a CFD? Unlike some financial instruments, CFDs do not have a fixed expiry date and therefore traders can use different trading strategies at their will. Nevertheless, the period that you keep a derivative will affect both your trading ...
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post: Arab sources are reporting an assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pic.twitter.com/XjlJIVS5Di post: Unconfirmed Reports tonight that a Heavily-Armed Security Convoy carrying the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman and several other High-Ranking Officials was Attacked earlier tonight within the Capital of Riyadh, in what appears to have been an Assassination… pic.twitter.com/uLjsjI4gPb
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The LME was closed. Overnight, SHFE copper prices opened at 81,300 yuan/mt, with its session high and low at 81,680 yuan/mt and 81,120 yuan/mt before closing at 81,270 yuan/mt, up 0.46%. Trading volume was 33,000 lots and open interest stood at 188,000 lots. Copper prices remained strong due to expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve and support ...
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Dovish Fed Commentary Fuels Demand for Gold: Today’s trade fundamental highlights the bullish momentum in the gold market, driven by geopolitical tensions and dovish signals from the Federal Reserve. The breakdown of the ceasefire deal in the Middle East, coupled with comments from Fed officials like Thomas Barkin and John Williams, has intensified interest ...
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Household borrowers are set to be spared from further pain at the Reserve Bank’s May meeting, yet all eyes will be on governor Michele Bullock’s post-meeting press conference for ...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said he expects high interest rates to slow the economy further and cool inflation to the central bank’s 2% target. ...
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So strategically vital to Russia, Iran, and China is the Akkas gas field in Iraq that enormous pressure was brought to bear on politicians in Baghdad to ensure that all contracts ...
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post: Arab sources are reporting an assassination attempt against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pic.twitter.com/XjlJIVS5Di post: Unconfirmed Reports tonight that a Heavily-Armed Security Convoy carrying the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman and several other High-Ranking Officials was Attacked earlier tonight within the Capital of Riyadh, in what appears to have been an Assassination… pic.twitter.com/uLjsjI4gPb
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At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent and the interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances unchanged at 4.25 per ...
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post: Reports now that the assassination attempt on Saudi Crown Prince is fake news https://t.co/14zyZf8A8X
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Dovish Fed Commentary Fuels Demand for Gold: Today’s trade fundamental highlights the bullish momentum in the gold market, driven by geopolitical tensions and dovish signals from the Federal Reserve. The breakdown of the ceasefire deal in the Middle East, coupled with comments from Fed officials like Thomas Barkin and John Williams, has intensified interest ...
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WTI crude oil prices were a touch higher on Tuesday as the ceasefire in Gaza remains uncertain. Oil prices fell over 7% from the Friday April 26 high to last Friday low, and are now trapped beneath the 200-day average and above the December bullish trendline. Fed Williams said that the net interest rate move is likely to be lower. The US dollar was little ...
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CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its April 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26.5 million contracts for the month, up 33% from April 2023, with double-digit growth across all asset classes. Additionally, interest rate, equity index, foreign exchange and options products set new April ...