Archive for the January 4, 2019
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Gold prices inched down from their highest level in over six months on Wednesday close after a rebound in equity markets and a stronger dollar dented the precious metal's appeal. Spot gold was down 0.1
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Gold prices scaled a more than six-month peak on Thursday as worries about a global economic slowdown and volatility in equities boosted safe-haven buying, while a weaker dollar offered support. Spot gold touched its highest
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Gold prices climbed to a fresh 6-1/2 month peak, moving closer to the key $1,300 an ounce level on Thursday, as concerns about economic slowdown gripped global markets and fuelled demand for safe-haven bullion. Spot
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US wheat futures rose about 1.2 percent on Thursday, reaching a one-week high on a technical rebound from multi-month lows and optimism about US export prospects, analysts said. Soyabeans hit a two-week top on rumors
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Gold prices climbed to a 6-1/2 month peak, moving closer to the key $1,300 an ounce level in early trade in New York on Thursday, as concerns about economic slowdown gripped global markets and fuelled
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The number of dead from a New Year's Eve gas explosion in a Russian apartment block jumped to 39 on Thursday as rescuers finished searching for bodies in the rubble of the partially collapsed building.
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New York-based pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb on Thursday announced it would buy US biotech firm Celgene in a $74 billion cash-and-stock deal, instantly creating a rival to the world's largest drug makers. The merger plans
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One of the leaders of the "yellow vest" demonstrations in France was detained by police in Paris, signalling a harder line from the government that sparked a wave of criticism from opponents on Thursday. Eric
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Russian prosecutors have charged an American ex-Marine detained in Moscow last week with espionage, his lawyer said Thursday, the latest in a series of rifts between Moscow and Washington. "The tribunal has ordered the provisional
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A bag containing dangerous powder washed up on a small Dutch island on Thursday, a day after a cargo ship called MSC Zoe lost some 270 containers in rough weather, officials said. "A bag containing
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