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By Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
Copper climbed to the highest level in three weeks on speculation that demand may improve in China, the biggest user.
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By Fion Li, Bloomberg |
May 6, 2013
The yuan fell in Hong Kong’s offshore market by the most in 15 months and the onshore spot rate retreated from a 19-year high as China stepped up scrutiny of cash transfers from abroad.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 3, 2013
According to a local Hong Kong newspaper, the largest fall in gold prices in 30 years prompted the Mainland Chinese tourists to buy about 60 tonnes of gold in Hong Kong during the three-day Labor Day holiday.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 1, 2013
Oil is backtracking and the outside markets seem to suggest that the Federal Reserve will have to do the same. Oil prices are trying to balance weak manufacturing data out of China versus today's Fed decision.
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By Phoebe Sedgman |
April 30, 2013
Copper retreated after the biggest monthly loss since May last year as China’s manufacturing expanded at a weaker pace in April.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 24, 2013
You have to distinguish between "the gold price," which reflects the paper gold futures prices and has collapsed, and "the price of gold," which represents the physical price of gold and has remained well-supported.
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By Bloomberg News |
April 17, 2013
China’s foreign direct investment rose for a second month in March, a sign of confidence in the world’s second-biggest economy.
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By Austin Kiddle |
April 17, 2013
Given that the longer-term supportive fundamentals for gold have not changed in just three days, a stronger argument for the vicious sell-off is the short-selling by funds and dealers.
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By Marc Nemenoff |
April 15, 2013
June Bonds are currently 9 higher at 147’26 and the 10 Yr. Notes 2.5 higher at 133’02.0. China is showing signs of a slowing economy.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 15, 2013
China's GDP came in at 7.7% below the 8.0% that was expected. This caused a commodity route and markets that were already wobbly tanked after the report.