SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rose Friday, but not likely enough to notch weekly gains. Gold futures for June delivery (GCM2, US) advanced $9.90, or 0.6%, to $1,567.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile ...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian equities wavered between small gains and losses Friday, poised to finish the week higher, with gold miners and technology stocks providing support, but financials weighing on the market.
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NEW YORK—Gold futures gained for the first time this week as a brief pause in the dollar's upward march spurred some investors who had bet on lower prices for the precious metal to close out those bets.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures gained Thursday, rebounding from the previous session’s steep losses but losing some steam as the session progressed.
Some investors are fighting the tide of lower gold prices. Gold is down 17% from its record high in August. Yet a few bullish investors including hedge funds are wagering on a reversal. Some are piling into less-risky options bets that would ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks languished between modest gains and losses Friday, with Wall Street largely fixated on Spain, where regional banks are struggling with finances and yields that reflect the government’s borrowing costs ...
NEW YORK—Gold futures slumped for a third day on Wednesday, as worries about the fallout from a potential Greek exit of the euro zone pushed investors to pile into the U.S. dollar.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures closed with a loss of more than $28 an ounce Wednesday, with investors seeking the perceived safety of the U.S. dollar as concerns about a potential exit by Greece from the euro zone took center ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold bushwhacked the bears last week. It’s even got gold bugs talking about gold stocks … again. After breaking gold bugs’ hearts by plunging to a new low for the year on Thursday, gold violently reversed. Measured ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. financial stocks were quiet on Friday ahead of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday but shares of Genworth Financial, E-Trade Financial Corp. and CME Group the most active shares.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Canadian stocks recouped losses to finish 1% higher on Wednesday as gold miners rebounded sharply to lift the broader market.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — For the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen college seniors don cap and gown, march to the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” and collect their diplomas, the fruit of years of work and sacrifice.
Pre-Market Brief: MARKET SNAP: At 5:37 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.2%. Treasury yields higher. Nymex up 54 cents at $91.20; gold at $1,563.96, up 0.4%. In Europe, FTSE 100 flat, DAX up 0.8% and CAC 40 up 0.4%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 up ...
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