Gold Prices Gain Slightly In Asia After NKorea Missile Test - Gold prices failed to get a significant boost in Asia on Wednesday after the latest ballistic missile test by North Korea. Overnight, gold prices pared gains on Tuesday as reports suggesting that North Korea fired a ballistic missile failed to raise safe haven demand. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from an area near Pyongyang early on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, while the Japanese government said it landed in the country’s exclusive economic zone. The Pentagon says initial the assessment of of the North Korea launch was an ICBM and Japan PM Shinzo Abe ordered an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers over the missile launch. Also supporting gold prices were comments from Federal Reserve chair designate Jerome Powell, who testified before Congress on Tuesday. Powell’s comments did little to change the widely held view that the incoming Fed chair will adopt a similar stance to outgoing Fed Chair Janet Yellen on monetary policy. Gold is sensitive to moves in U.S. rates, which lift the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding assets such as bullion.
Macquarie: Copper to Face
Potential Rising Inventory in Short Term - Lynn Zhao, Macquarie
analyst says, the main risk in the upcoming three months is that China’s refined
copper supply is increasing but demand is slowing down, leading of refined
copper inventory rising, China’s GDP growth in 2018 will slow down. Real estate
industry is the biggest risk to China’s entire bulk stock demand. Ivan
Arriagada, CEO of copper miner Antofagasta says, global copper market is in
overall balance or slight shortage in these two years. He says global refined
copper supply this year is estimated to rise 4%. Newly-increased refined copper
supply has been consumed by the market.
Crude Oil Down In Asia On API Estimates, All Eyes
On OPEC - Crude oil eased in Asia on Wednesday as disappointing US
industry inventory estimates dampened sentiment and as attention turns to an
OPEC meeting in Vienna on output curb extensions.Overnight, crude oil prices
settled lower on Tuesday amid ongoing investor uncertainty concerning the
outcome of the OPEC meeting this week amid reports suggesting Russia is
reluctant to join in extending output curbs beyond March. Crude oil added to
losses from Monday, as investors continued to fret over outcome of the OPEC
meeting slated for Thursday at which the oil-cartel is expected to extend the
production-cut agreement beyond March. Market talk is that an OPEC and non-OPEC
technical committee is fine with an initial six-month extension beyond March
2018 of oil output curbs with an option to go another three months depending on
market conditions - but are concerned about the market reaction. Russian oil
firms reportedly want the six-month period - though politically - Saudi Arabia
holds important sway with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and President
Vladimir Putin. The Saudi oil minister Khalid al Falih hinted that companies
and countries are not always aligned - a reference to the fight for market
share - particularly in Asia between state-owned producers and private firms.
However, sources say that Russia may reluctantly go for nine months to assure
Saudi interests that IPO plans for Aramco and massive economic restructuring do
not face new headwinds.
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