Woman calls out for missing loved one after deadly floods in Spain

Woman calls out for missing loved one after deadly floods in Spain

STORY: :: A woman calls out for a missing loved one after devastating flooding in Spain :: @MarkKeaton1 via X :: Scores of people were killed after a year of...
October 30, 2024 at 05:50 pm EDT
Asia shares stumble on China headwinds; gold and bitcoin buoyant

Asia shares stumble on China headwinds; gold and bitcoin buoyant

Asia shares eased on Wednesday on the back of weakness in China, as investors brace for a tightly contested U.S. election that could have huge ramifications for the world's second-largest economy,...
October 29, 2024 at 10:44 pm EDT
Commodities overview:  OPEC+ in the doldrums, gold against the odds

Commodities overview: OPEC+ in the doldrums, gold against the odds

Every week, our commodities overview reviews the latest developments on the commodities markets, to gain a better understanding of the price movements in energy, metals and agricultural commodities....
Our Logo October 29, 2024 at 12:35 pm EDT
Opportunity Cost of Holding Gold Is Falling:  BlackRock

Opportunity Cost of Holding Gold Is Falling: BlackRock

BlackRock's EMEA investment strategy head, Karim Chedid, says investors are looking at gold as a diversification hedge in the current market environment. When I consider that gold is a...
October 28, 2024 at 07:27 am EDT
Global money market funds draw large inflows on election-driven caution

Global money market funds draw large inflows on election-driven caution

Global investors channelised large investments into the safety of money market funds in the week through Oct. 23 on caution over the upcoming elections in the United States and Japan, and the shift in...
October 25, 2024 at 07:51 am EDT
Greece's chestnut harvest set to shrink, hit by drought and heat

Greece's chestnut harvest set to shrink, hit by drought and heat

In Greece, one of the world's largest chestnut producers, farmer Anestis Altinis searches for nuts suitable for harvest. But after months of searing heat and drought, most have not ripened, a familiar...
October 24, 2024 at 04:07 am EDT
Kepler Cheuvreux lowers target price for Avance Gas to NOK 118 (128), reiterates Hold

Kepler Cheuvreux lowers target price for Avance Gas to NOK 118 (128), reiterates Hold

Kepler Cheuvreux lowers target price for Avance Gas to NOK 118 , reiterates Hold...
October 24, 2024 at 03:05 am EDT
Commodities Overview:  Doubts prevail

Commodities Overview: Doubts prevail

Every week, the commodities overview reviews the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in energy, metals and agricultural commodity prices.
Our Logo October 23, 2024 at 04:35 am EDT
Bonds and gold begin countdown to US Election Day

Bonds and gold begin countdown to US Election Day

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets are facing a bumpy ride in the final stretch to the U.S. elections, with bonds turning volatile and...
October 22, 2024 at 12:35 am EDT
Gold's allure spreads as bulls lock in on fresh records

Gold's allure spreads as bulls lock in on fresh records

Gold is extending a period of successive record highs, moving the psychological milestone of $3,000 per ounce into view, analysts said, as geopolitical tension, a tight U.S. electoral race and...
October 21, 2024 at 11:31 am EDT
Oil Prices Will Need to Be Weaker in 2025:  BBO's Blas

Oil Prices Will Need to Be Weaker in 2025: BBO's Blas

Crude oil's volatile month continues, with traders balancing risks to flows from the Middle East against signs of soft demand in China. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas says 2025 will bring...
October 21, 2024 at 09:18 am EDT
IEA Energy Agency:  Global Oil Demand Weakness May Continue

IEA Energy Agency: Global Oil Demand Weakness May Continue

International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol discusses the outlook for oil and gas markets. Crude has had a volatile month as traders balance risks to flows from the Middle East,...
October 21, 2024 at 04:55 am EDT
Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh

Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid...
October 20, 2024 at 06:04 am EDT
Shanghai frenzy fuels alumina's record-breaking rally:  Andy Home

Shanghai frenzy fuels alumina's record-breaking rally: Andy Home

LONDON -Alumina prices have soared to record highs this week, compressing margins at the world's aluminium smelters which convert the intermediate product into metal.  The London Metal...
October 18, 2024 at 12:13 pm EDT
Commodities overview:  Geopolitics or fundamentals, who will have the last word?

Commodities overview: Geopolitics or fundamentals, who will have the last word?

Every week, we review the latest news on the commodities markets, to better understand the variations in the prices of energy, metals and agricultural commodities. On today's menu: oil, which remains...
Our Logo October 15, 2024 at 04:54 am EDT
Central banks remain keen buyers of gold, representatives tell bullion conference

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold, representatives tell bullion conference

Central banks remain keen buyers of gold to diversify their reserves for financial or strategic reasons, representatives of three central banks told the London Bullion Market Association's annual...
October 14, 2024 at 07:08 pm EDT
Exclusive-Algeria bars France from wheat import tender as relations sour, sources say

Exclusive-Algeria bars France from wheat import tender as relations sour, sources say

Algeria excluded French companies from a wheat import tender this week and required that participating firms did not offer French-origin wheat, in apparent fallout from renewed diplomatic tensions...
October 09, 2024 at 12:36 pm EDT
Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, pull out rocks with bare hands and operate a rickety sluice as they...
October 07, 2024 at 04:28 am EDT
China's gold reserves unchanged for fifth straight month in September

China's gold reserves unchanged for fifth straight month in September

China's central bank held back on buying gold for its reserves for a fifth straight month in September, official data showed on Monday, mainly due to a surge in prices for the yellow metal. ...
October 06, 2024 at 10:35 pm EDT
Antimo's Frank Monkam on Commodities & Markets

Antimo's Frank Monkam on Commodities & Markets

Frank Monkam, Antimo's senior portfolio manager, speaks with Romaine Bostick and Scarlet Fu about oil and the markets. ...
October 04, 2024 at 04:14 am EDT