Wednesday 30 December 2015

PLATINUM

Platinum fell 0.3 percent to $885.80 an ounce.

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SILVER

Silver fell 0.5 percent to $13.83 an ounce, on track for an 11 percent yearly fall.

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SPDR GOLD

Investor interest remained absent, with assets of SPDR Gold Trust, the top gold-backed exchange-traded fund, still near a seven-year low. Speculative short positions on COMEX gold contracts are close to an all-time high.

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OIL

Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after jumping 3 percent in the previous session.

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DOLLAR

The dollar was up 0.1 percent against a basket of six currencies and was heading for a 10 percent yearly increase, making gold more expensive for foreign currency holders.
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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $1,067.01 an ounce by 1044 GMT. Trading volumes were muted in the holiday-shortened week.
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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $1,067.01 an ounce by 1044 GMT. Trading volumes were muted in the holiday-shortened week.

GOLD

Gold inched lower on Wednesday, as the combination of a firm dollar and weak oil prices left the metal on track for its third consecutive annual loss.

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Tuesday 29 December 2015

SPDR GOLD

Assets of SPDR Gold Trust, the top gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.18 percent to 643.56 tonnes on Monday, close to a seven-year low.

SILVER

Silver rose 0.7 percent to $14.03 an ounce

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U.S.GOLD

U.S. gold futures for February delivery settled at $1,068.0 an ounce, little changed from the previous day's close of $1,068.3.
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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was steady at $1,069.40 an ounce by 0109 GMT, following a flat close overnight.
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GOLD

Gold rose only slightly, after two days of losses, as the metal struggled to find direction in thin pre-holiday trade amid conflicting cues from the currency, equities and energy markets.

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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude prices continued rising in early trading, headed 
for an 11 percent rise in the week leading up to Christmas, as 
the U.S. market tightened on the back of falling supplies and 
looming exports.

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Monday 28 December 2015

SPDR GOLD

Assets of SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), the top gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.18 percent to 643.56 tonnes on Monday, close to a seven-year low.
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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold XAU= was little changed at $1,070.05 an ounce by 0116 GMT, after losing 0.6 percent in the previous session. Volumes remained thin in the last trading week of the year.
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GOLD

Gold rose only slightly, after two days of losses, as the metal struggled to find direction in thin pre-holiday trade amid conflicting cues from the currency, equities and energy markets.

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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude prices continued rising in early trading, headed for an 11 percent rise in the week leading up to Christmas,as the U.S. market tightened on the back of falling supplies and looming exports. 

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U.S.TREASURIES

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, with 30-year yields hitting one-week highs after solid U.S. economic data 
supported views of a swift pace of Federal Reserve rate 
increases next year and gains in oil prices suggested
higher inflation. 

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Sunday 27 December 2015

ASIAN STOCKS

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gave up earlier modest gains and were last down 0.2 percent. The index was on track for an 11 percent loss this year.

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PLATINUM

Platinum was up 1.8 percent at $883.0.

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DOLLAR

The dollar slipped 0.4 percent against a basket of leading currencies, down for a fourth session out of five
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SILVER

Silver rose 0.7 percent to $14.39 an ounce after hitting $14.40 earlier in the sessions

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DOLLAR

The dollar slipped 0.4 percent against a basket of leading currencies, down for a fourth session out of five. [FRX/]

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U.S.GOLD

In a shortened pre-holiday session, U.S. gold futures for February delivery settled at $1,075.9 per ounce, up 0.71 percent. Trading will be closed on Friday, reopening at the normal time on Sunday evening.

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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was up 0.54 percent at $1,076.3 an ounce at 12:43 p.m. (1743 GMT), after losing 0.7 percent in the last two sessions

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Thursday 17 December 2015

SILVER

Silver firmed up after an overnight slump of 3 percent, its biggest one day drop in nearly three months, while platinum steadied after posting its sharpest slide in a year.

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U.S.GOLD

U.S. February futures settled down 2.5 percent at $1,049.60 an ounce.

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SPDR GOLD

Assets in SPDR Gold Trust, the world's top gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.70 percent to 630.17 tonnes on Thursday, the lowest since September 2008.

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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold ticked up 0.3 percent to $1,054.40 an ounce by 0327 GMT, following a 2 percent slide in the previous session, its biggest one day slide since July. The metal is down nearly 2 percent for the week in its worst performance in six weeks

GOLD

Gold steadied on Friday but largely kept losses made a day earlier when the metal suffered its biggest slide in five months after U.S. interest rates were raised for the first time in nearly a decade and the dollar surged.

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ASIAN SHARES

Asian shares took their cue from Wall Street and slipped, but were still on track for gains in a week marked by a 
depreciating yuan in China and the first U.S. interest rate 
hike in nearly a decade.
 
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U.S.MARKET UPDATE

U.S. stocks dropped Thursday on persistent concern over faltering global economic growth, led by declines in energy and materials shares, a day after shares had rallied on the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates.

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Wednesday 16 December 2015

PLATINUM

Platinum XPT= was up 1.3 percent at $866.25 an ounce

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SILVER

Among other precious metals, silver XAG= was up 0.6 percent at $13.83 an ounce, having dropped to its lowest in more than six years earlier this week at $13.60 an ounce.

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U.S.GOLD

U.S. gold fell 1 percent to a session low of $1,064.20, following a 1.4-percent gain in the previous session.

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GOLD

Gold slipped on Thursday to give back some of its overnight gains, with trading choppy as the dollar surged after the Federal Reserve hiked U.S. interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade.

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ASIAN STOCKS

Asian stock markets jumped as investors chose to take an 
historic hike in U.S. interest rates as a mark of confidence in 
the world's largest economy, lifting the dollar and piling on the pain for oil prices.

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U.S.MARKET UPDATE

U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve 
announced it is raising its key policy rate for the first time in nearly a decade in a sign of confidence in the U.S. economy

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Monday 7 December 2015

OIL

Oil prices skidded to their lowest level in nearly seven years on Monday as a global glut showed no signs of abating. Stock markets fell.

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GOLD

Gold gained 2.3 percent on Friday on short-covering immediately after the data, but with the focus back on the rate rise next week, investors sold off the metal on Monday.

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SILVER

Among other precious metals, silver eased 0.2 percent
following a 2 percent drop overnight. Platinum and
palladium also dipped after 3 percent drops on Monday. 

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U.S.DOLLAR

The U.S. dollar was broadly firmer early and at decade-highs against its Canadian peer, which along with the Norwegian 
crown slid sharply on the back of a tumble in oil prices. 

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ASIAN STOCKS

Asian stock markets teetered near their weakest levels in 
three weeks, as a rout in oil prices to near seven-year lows 
knocked global energy company shares and commodity 
currencies. 

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U.S.STOCKS

U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led by the S&P energy index's biggest one-day percentage drop since late August as oil prices 
slid to their lowest point in nearly seven years. 

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Sunday 6 December 2015

ASIAN STOCKS

Asian share markets bounced on Monday after Wall Street
welcomed an upbeat U.S. jobs report that suggested the
world's biggest economy was well placed to handle an
 expected first increase in interest rates in almost a decade. 

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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold slipped 0.3 percent to $1,083.61 an ounce
by 0037 GMT, but near $1,088.70 hit in the previous session,its highest since Nov. 16. It gained 2.3 percent on Friday 
after slumping to a near-six-year low earlier in the week.

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GOLD

Gold was trading near a three-week high on Monday, 
boosted by a short-covering rally after a strong U.S. non-farmpayrolls report cemented the case for a Federal Reserve rate 
hike next week. 

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OIL

Oil prices fell on Friday after news that the Organization of 
the Petroleum Exporting Countries was planning to maintain its production near record highs despite depressed prices, as OPEC continued to guard its share of an oversupplied market

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Thursday 3 December 2015

SILVER

Silver was up 0.7 percent to $14.12, after hitting its lowest since August 2009 at $13.79 an ounce.
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U.S.GOLD

U.S. gold futures for February delivery settled up 0.7 percent at $1,061.20.

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SPDR GOLD

SPDR Gold Trust sees biggest outflow since 2011
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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude oil prices extended gains, buoyed by a weaker 
dollar, ahead a closely watched OPEC meeting that is unlikely to alter the group's policy of maintaining high output. 

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GOLD

Gold languished close to a near-six-year low after comments 
from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen boosted expectationof a U.S. rate hike this month, while the strength in the dollar also weighed on the metal. 

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U.S.TREASURIES

Prices of U.S. Treasuries were little changed on Wednesday 
after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she was 
"looking forward" to a U.S. interest rate hike.

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EURO

The euro hovered near a 7-1/2-month low against the dollar 
as investors braced for the European Central Bank to roll out more stimulus, giving an extra boost to the U.S. currency 
after it scaled new heights on the prospect of a Federal 
Reserve rate hike. 

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Wednesday 2 December 2015

ASIAN MARKET UPDATE

Asian stocks slipped and the dollar advanced on Thursday
after hawkish-sounding comments from Yellen.

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U.S.GOLD

U.S. gold futures slid to $1,049.40 on Wednesday,
the lowest since October 2009. Silver, platinum and 
palladium also followed gold lower

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Spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,050.80 an ounce by 0047 
GMT. It dipped to as low as $1,050.25 in the previous
session, the lowest since February 2010

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