Archive for the September 13, 2019
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Justin Trudeau's re-election bid suffered a setback out of the gate when a bus carrying journalists collided with his campaign plane at a whistlestop in westernmost Canada, forcing him to fly a loaner Thursday. According
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied Thursday that he had lied to Queen Elizabeth II when requesting the suspension of parliament this month in the run-up to Brexit. Johnson asked the British head of state
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Copper jumped to its highest level in six weeks on Thursday after the United States said it would delay imposing a new round of tariffs on China, raising hopes of a thawing of tensions that
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Oil prices fell about 1 percent on Thursday after a media report cast doubt on the possibility of an interim US-China trade deal and as a meeting of the OPEC+ alliance yielded no decision on
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Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Thursday as a stronger ringgit and weaker related oils on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange weighed on prices. The benchmark palm oil contract for November delivery on the Bursa Malaysia
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ICE cotton futures jumped about 4 percent to a more than one-month peak on Thursday, supported by hopes of a thaw in the ongoing US-China trade tensions. The developments surrounding trade also helped offset slight
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Gold erased earlier losses on Thursday as investors covered short positions ahead of a European Central Bank meeting, but improved risk appetite on hopes of a thaw in US-China trade tensions limited the bullion's advance.
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Gold jumped more than 1.5% on Thursday after the European Central Bank cut deposit interest rates and relaunched quantitative easing, bolstering expectations for a dovish stance from the US central bank at its meeting next
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US soyabean futures jumped to a one-month high on Thursday on news of fresh export sales to China and signs of a thaw in the US trade row with the world's biggest buyer of the
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Palladium prices hit an all-time high on Thursday on concerns over tight supplies of the autocatalyst metal due to possible labour issues in South African mines, while gold shed earlier gains on fresh hints of
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