GOLD PRICES spiked to a 1-week high before retreating against a volatile US Dollar in London trade Wednesday as Russia promised retailiation over the UK expelling 23 diplomats as “undeclared intelligence officers” following the poisoning of a former spy with toxic nerve agent. The UK also said it is tightening checks on Russian state-owned […]
Spot gold prices first broke $1000 per ounce 14 March 2008… IN FACT the world’s first ever $1000 gold deal had happened the day before, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault. Thursday 13 March 2008 – a day earlier than the wholesale ‘spot’ gold price finally popped above $1000 per ounce – saw a […]
GOLD PRICES leapt against a sinking Dollar on Tuesday but quickly fell back after US consumer prices showed the fastest inflation in 6 months and US President Donald Trump sacked his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with a tweet, one day after Tillerson called Russia “a force for instability in the world.” Trump had […]
GOLD PRICES started the week lower against a falling US Dollar on Monday, while equity markets surged after Friday’s strong US job data eased fears of inflation, writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault. With the US central bank expected to hike interest rates at its March meeting next week, gold fell 0.5% even as the Dollar […]
GOLD PRICES bounced late-Friday to end the week unchanged per ounce after the United States reported the strongest jobs growth in 19 months. Rallying to $1323 as London trade ended, the gold price had earlier slipped to 7-session lows at $1314 after Donald Trump became the first US president to announce a meeting with […]
GOLD and SILVER TRADING in London’s wholesale bullion market saw prices hold firm in everything but the single Euro currency on Thursday as the European Central Bank dropped a commitment to boost its QE stimulus if the economic or financial outlook worsens. Platinum prices also fell hard against the Euro as the ECB cut […]
GOLD BULLION slipped against a weakening Dollar in London trade Wednesday, retreating $10 from a 1-week high at $1340 per ounce as talk of a global ‘trade war’ spurred by US President Donald Trump grew yet again following the resignation of his top economic advisor, Gary Cohn. After new data showed US factory orders […]
GOLD PRICES rose against a weakening Dollar in London trade Tuesday, regaining last week’s 0.5% loss to reach $1329 per ounce but slipping in Euro and Sterling terms as talk of a “trade war” between the US and Europe grew. After US President Donald Trump last week proposed new US tariffs on steel and […]
GOLD PRICES held onto last week’s closing level Monday morning in London as the weekend’s national elections in Italy – the Eurozone’s third largest economy – gave no clear winner overall, writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault. Analysts and traders were further worried by US President Donald Trump’s open declaration of a “trade war”, with […]
GOLD PRICES whipped amid sharp currency swings on Friday as global stock markets fell hard after US President Donald Trump defended plans for stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum into the world’s No.1 economy by declaring that “trade wars are good”. Proposing 25% tariffs on imports of steel and 10% on aluminum last […]
BUY GOLD prices in London’s wholesale market erased the last of 2018’s previous 4.9% gain on Thursday, falling back near $1300 per ounce after new US inflation data came in stronger than analysts forecast. The PCE measure of US consumer costs rose 1.7% in January from the same month last year, the Bureau of […]
What do the Comex silver bears know…? YOU MIGHT think hedge fund traders have called it right so far in 2018 on silver investing, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault. As a group, the ‘Managed Money’ category of traders betting on Comex silver contracts stayed bearish overall in mid-to-late February, having turned against the […]
GOLD PRICES steadied at multi-week lows on Wednesday as the Dollar paused its gains but world stock markets followed Wall Street lower after new Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell told US lawmakers to expect further interest rate hikes. Extending its sharpest 1-week drop of 2018 to date, gold fell another $20 per ounce between […]
GOLD PRICES fell as new US Fed chair Jerome Powell began his first testimony to lawmakers on Tuesday, retreating to last week’s closing level as the US Dollar rallied from a fresh drop on the currency market. New data meantime missed analyst forecasts, showing the US trade deficit in goods widening badly even as […]
GOLD PRICES regained half of last week’s losses on Monday morning in London as the US Dollar inched down ahead of US inflation data and the new Fed chief Jerome Powell’s first congressional testimony, writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell will speak about US monetary policy before the House Financial […]
GOLD PRICES in the global wholesale center of London headed for the steepest 1-week drop of 2018 so far on Friday, holding a 1.7% loss against a stronger US Dollar as major government bond prices edged higher again from this month’s sharp sell-off, nudging interest rates down. Failing to set a 4-year weekly closing high […]
GOLD BULLION rallied just $3 off a 1-week low versus the rebounding Dollar on Thursday as world stock markets fell after notes from the Federal Reserve showed the US central bank expects to keep raising its key interest rate in 2018. China’s stock market opened sharply higher on the first trading day of the […]
GOLD PRICES struggled to recover from yesterday’s sharp drop against the rallying US Dollar in London on Wednesday, halving last week’s 2.2% gain as world stock markets fell, bond prices steadied and commodities edged higher. Retreating 2.6% from last Friday’s 3-week high at $1361 per ounce, the gold price in Dollar terms has now cut […]
GOLD PRICES rallied from a brief dip below $1340 per ounce in London trade on Tuesday, rising against a firm US Dollar as New York traders returned from the long Presidents Day weekend. With China’s markets still closed for the New Year of the Dog celebrations, Asian stock markets closed lower while European equities […]
GOLD and SILVER PRICES remained steady on Monday morning in London against a rebounding US Dollar, write Steffen Grosshauser and Adrian Ash at BullionVault. With New York shut for Presidents Day – and ahead of meeting minutes due Wednesday from the US Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting – global equity markets were mixed as […]
GOLD PRICES neared their highest weekly finish against the Dollar in almost 4 years on Friday, trading 3.0% up for the week as the US currency extended its drop on the FX market. Friday morning’s benchmarking auction in London set the highest AM gold price since late January’s 17-month high, finding a balance of […]
GOLD BULLION hung onto four-fifths of its sharpest 1-day gain since August in London trade on Thursday, holding firm as world stock markets rose again despite longer-term US interest rates holding at multi-year highs after yesterday’s inflation data beat Wall Street forecasts. The Dollar fell again, with the single currency Euro briefing touching $1.25, […]
Valentine’s Day leap in yields and interest rates sees gold price rise… OKAY, this is weird, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault. “Increase in US inflation sparks bond sell-off,” as the Financial Times reports. “Treasury yields hit 4-year highs,” the FT goes on, referring to the interest rate now offered by 10-year bonds, […]
GOLD BULLION prices fell as the Dollar jumped on stronger-than-expected US inflation data Wednesday, only to recover the drop as fixed-income bond prices fell, pushing longer-term interest rates higher once more. World stock markets also sank and then rallied on the news, with Germany’s Dax regaining a previous 1.0% loss by mid-afternoon in Frankfurt. […]
GOLD PRICES rallied again versus the weakening Dollar in London trade on Tuesday, briefly touching $1330 per ounce as the US currency extended its losses after President Trump sent his 2019 fiscal plan to Congress for approval. “After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing […]
SPOT GOLD bounced back on Monday morning in London as the US Dollar declined after last week’s rally while investors wait for US President Trump’s spending plan and inflation data, writes Steffen Grosshauser at BullionVault. Gold Prices started the week by rallying from $1316 to $1319 per ounce after their second consecutive weekly decline, while […]
GOLD PRICES steadied against the rising Dollar on Friday but headed for the 3rd weekly loss of 2018’s six weeks so far at $1315 per ounce amid what traders called “carnage in the stock market.” Gold prices in all other major currencies bar the Japanese Yen held firm for the week, rising in Sterling […]
GOLD PRICES bounced $10 per ounce from new 5-week lows against a rising US Dollar in London on Thursday, rallying to $1316 as Western stock markets also fell hard once again. Commodities held flat, but major government bond prices dropped, driving longer-term interest rates higher. Benchmark UK Gilt yields neared the highest since […]
Failing that, ask its pension fund for a few index-linked Gilts… The BANK of ENGLAND announced its latest policy decision in London today, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault. In effect it told UK investors and savers to buy gold. Because gold tends to rise when interest rates fail to rise faster than the […]
GOLD PRICES rallied from yesterday’s near 4-week low against the Dollar on Wednesday but held below $1330 per ounce as world stock markets failed to follow Wall Street’s sharp bounce from the last week’s 6% plunge. Both the Euro and British Pound continued their retreat against the US currency on the FX market, helping […]
