-- Posted 26 February, 2010 | | Source: SilverSeek.com
| Close | Gain/Loss | On Week |
Gold | $1118.20 | +$10.80 | -0.33% |
Silver | $16.48 | +$0.39 | +0.61% |
XAU | 161.39 | +0.87% | -1.85% |
HUI | 404.18 | +0.85% | -1.61% |
GDM | 1212.07 | +0.99% | -1.63% |
JSE Gold | 2182.89 | +23.34 | -1.95% |
USD | 80.38 | -0.31 | -0.30% |
Euro | 136.24 | +0.74 | +0.08% |
Yen | 112.52 | +0.32 | +3.09% |
Oil | $79.66 | +$1.49 | -0.19% |
10-Year | 3.595% | -0.047 | -4.94% |
Bond | 119.1875 | +0.78125 | +2.06% |
Dow | 10325.26 | +0.04% | -0.74% |
Nasdaq | 2238.26 | +0.18% | -0.25% |
S&P | 1104.49 | +0.14% | -0.42% |
The Metals:
Gold traded mostly modestly higher in Asia and London and jumped in midmorning New York trade to as high as $1117.90 by about 10:45AM EST before it fell back near unchanged in early afternoon trade, but it then surged back higher in the last half hour of trade and ended just off its last minute high of $1118.63 with a gain of 0.98%. Silver followed a similar pattern and ended near its late session high of $16.51 with a gain of 2.42%.
Euro gold climbed to about €821, platinum gained $14.50 to $1538.50, and copper gained over 7 cents to about $3.27.
Gold and silver equities traded mostly slightly higher and ended with almost 1% gains.
The Economy:
Report | For | Reading | Expected | Previous |
GDP | Q4 | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.7% |
GDP Deflator | Q4 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.6% |
Chicago PMI | Feb | 62.6 | 59.7 | 61.5 |
Michigan Sentiment | Feb | 73.6 | 73.9 | 73.7 |
Existing Home Sales | Jan | 5.05M | 5.50M | 5.44M |
All of this week’s other economic reports:
Next week’s economic highlights include Personal Income and Spending, PCE Prices, Construction Spending, and the ISM Index on Monday, ADP Employment, ISM Services, and the fed’s Beige Book on Wednesday, Initial Jobless Claims, Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, Factory Orders, and Pending Home Sales on Thursday, and February jobs data and Consumer Credit on Friday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil climbed back near $80 a barrel after this morning’s stronger than expected GDP data raised demand expectations.
The U.S. dollar index fell markedly as the euro rose on reports that Germany may buy Greece’s debt.
Treasuries rose as the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P struggled to find gains after mixed economic data and news that AIG lost nearly 9 billion dollars in the fourth quarter.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were AIG, Citigroup, Bayer, and Lloyds.
The Commentary:
“Just in the last couple of days I get the impression that the world's financial crisis is fast coming to some sort of tipping point. As things currently exist, there is absolutely no way out of this world-wide financial, economic and monetary situation that we are in. And as I've said many times before... we face one of three possibilities: a deflationary collapse, a hyperinflationary depression, or a return to some sort of international gold standard with the price of gold set at some fantastically high price. Or it may turn out to be a combination of these three things. But one thing is certain, the current situation cannot last much longer... as something is about to blow up... it's just the timing that we don't know.”– From Ed Steer’s Gold & Silver Daily, read the full report here.
GATA Posts:
Write your congressmen to put gold questions to the Fed
Patrick Heller: How 'little guy' can exploit precious metals manipulation
Adrian Douglas: Alarming trend in Comex gold and silver inventory data
The Statistics:
Activity from: 2/25/2010
Gold Warehouse Stocks: | 9,972,017 | - |
Silver Warehouse Stocks: | 108,914,706 | +25,091 |
Global Gold ETF Holdings
[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]
| Product name | Total Tonnes | Total Ounces | Total Value |
New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) | SPDR® Gold Shares | 1106.987 | 35,590,745 | US$39,431m |
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse ) | Gold Bullion Securities | 119.40 | 3,837,422 | US$4,273m |
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) | Gold Bullion Securities | 15.35 | 491,551 | US$550m |
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) | New Gold Debentures | 51.65 | 1,660,571 | US$1,815m |
NASDAQ Dubai | Dubai Gold Securities | 0.155 | 4,980 | US$6m |
Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 77.44 - No change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,446.40 - No change from yesterday’s data.
The Miners:
Apollo Gold’s (AGT) extended maturity date of Convertible Debentures and Randgold’s (GOLD) voting rights were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines Friday.
WINNERS
1. Seabridge | SA +6.15% $24.35 |
2. Tanzanian Royalty | TRE +5.82% $4.18 |
3. Northgate | NXG +5.43% $2.72 |
LOSERS
1. Capital Gold | CGC-2.44% $3.20 |
2. Rubicon | RBY -2.27% $4.30 |
3. Vista Gold | VGZ -1.99% $1.97 |
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.
All of today's gold and silver stock news:
Message From Affinity Gold Corp.'s Newly Appointed CEO - More
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Golconda Announces Chairman of the Board - More
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Majescor Announces a Private Placement - More
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Virginia Energy Resources Inc.: National Academy of Sciences Signs Contract for Uranium Study - More
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Powertech Uranium Corp.: Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Centennial Project - More
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Commerce Resources Corp. Update of Resource Estimate for Upper Fir, Fir and Verity Tantalum and Niobium Deposits, Blue River BC - More
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Glass Earth Gold Limited: Special General Meeting Approves Share Consolidation - More
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Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited: Third Drilling Programme and Additional Tenements Purchase Both Successfully Completed at Los Pumas Manganese Project - More
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Harvest Gold Announces That Permits Have Been Received for Its Rosebud Mine Drill Program in Nevada, USA - More
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Yale Samples 10M Averaging 1.94% Cu, 19.17% Zn, 0.93% Pb, 36.7 G/T Ag and 0.59 g/t Au at Carol - More
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Volta drilling confirms a new porphyry copper target at its Gaoua Project in southwestern Burkina Faso - More
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Apollo Gold Extends Maturity Date of Convertible Debentures to August 23, 2010 and Provides an Update on Discussions with Project Lenders - "Apollo Gold Corporation (“Apollo” or the “Company”) (TSX: APG - News) (NYSE Amex: AGT) has reached an agreement with RAB Special Situations (Master) Fund Limited (“RAB”), the holder of principal amount $4,290,000 unsecured convertible debentures due February 23, 2010 (the “Convertible Debentures”), to extend the maturity date of these Convertible Debentures to August 23, 2010. All dollar amounts in this news release are in U.S. dollars." More
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Melkior Drills 17.28G/T Gold on the 1010 Zone and Drills Zam Zam Shenkman Hole to 731 Metres - More
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VMS Reports Results for Its Phase 1 Drill Program at the Tower Zone, Part of the Reed Lake Project, Near Snow Lake, Manitoba - More
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Apoquindo Minerals Inc. Announces $20 Million Brokered Private Placement - More
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Cameco Investor Webcast Advisory - More
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Minera IRL Obtains Option to Purchase the Quilavira Exploration Project, Peru - More
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Silvore Fox Minerals Corp. Announces New Branch Toronto Office Location at Markham, Ontario, Canada - More
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Positive English News Release Correction on Ta2O5 & Be Results, First Gold Begins a 7,500-Metre Drilling Program - More
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Michael J Byron and Thomas Pladsen Join the Board of Brionor - More
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Linux Gold Corp. Announces Completion of Mining Agreement - More
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Apoquindo Intersects 118m of 1.00% Cu Including 47m of 2.01% Cu at the Zafranal Copper-Gold Porphyry - More
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Atna Reaches Commercial Production Levels at the Briggs Mine - More
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Element92 Resources Corp. Appoints Chief Financial Officer - More
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Orvana Minerals Corp. Announces the Additions to Board of Directors - More
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Rolling Rock Resources Corporation: Private Placement Closes - More
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Garrison Announces the Closing of the Debenture Financing - More
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Vinland Files Factum on Mary March Property Dispute - More
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Clifton Star Resources Inc.: Acquires Gesmalar Inc.'s NSR Royalty on Central Duparquet and Cancels Previously-Granted Options - More
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Red Back Reports Record Net Income of $109 Million in 2009 - More
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Nemaska Exploration: Results of the Reanalysis Program Confirm Hitsorical Data on Whabouchi-100.9 Metres at 1.45% Li2O - More
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CNNC Launches Offer and Khan Mails Directors' Circular Recommending Acceptance of CNNC's $0.96 per Share Cash Offer - More
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INV Metals Discovers New Prospective Copper Zone in Namibia - More
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FNX Reports $32.1 Million Net Earnings in Q4-2009 - More
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Thompson Creek announces 2009 financial results - More
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Anvil Divests its Interest in the Dikulushi Tenements in the DRC and Updates Construction Progress at Kinsevere Stage II - More
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Li3 Energy, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Rincon South Lithium Project in Argentina - More
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First Uranium update on strategic alternatives process - More
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Randgold Resources - Total Voting Rights - "Randgold Resources Limited announces that, in accordance with FSA's Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, its issued share capital consists of 90,157,267 (ninety million one hundred and fifty seven thousand two hundred and sixty seven) ordinary shares of US$0.05 each." More
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-- Posted 26 February, 2010 | |